CVE-2023-37498
HCL Unica Platform is vulnerable to a privilege escalation by unauthorized group assignation
A user is capable of assigning him/herself to arbitrary groups by reusing a POST request issued by an administrator. It is possible that an attacker could potentially escalate their privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
HCL Unica Platform is vulnerable to a privilege escalation by unauthorized group assignation
A user is capable of assigning him/herself to arbitrary groups by reusing a POST request issued by an administrator. It is possible that an attacker could potentially escalate their privileges.
- Record
CVE-2023-37498- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-41385
A user is capable of assigning him/herself to arbitrary groups by reusing a POST request issued by an administrator. It is possible that an attacker could potentially escalate their privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2023-41385- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c6qm-7rqc-8v77
A user is capable of assigning him/herself to arbitrary groups by reusing a POST request issued...
A user is capable of assigning him/herself to arbitrary groups by reusing a POST request issued by an administrator. It is possible that an attacker could potentially escalate their privileges.
- Record
GHSA-c6qm-7rqc-8v77- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A user is capable of assigning him/herself to arbitrary groups by reusing a POST request issued by an administrator. It is possible that an attacker could potentially escalate their privileges.
- Record
CVE-2023-37498- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-37498 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Hcl Software Unica Platform, published August 3, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.