Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2022 · Assigned by HCL

CVE-2021-27768An SSL certificate host verification vulnerability affects HCL Verse for Android

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Verse for Android from HCL Software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Using the ability to perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack, which indicates a lack of hostname verification, sensitive account information was able to be intercepted. In this specific scenario, the application's network traffic was intercepted using a proxy server set up in 'transparent' mode while a certificate with an invalid hostname was active. The Android application was found to have hostname verification issues during the server setup and login flows; however, the application did not process requests post-login.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
HCL Software Verse for Android unspecified – before 12.0.9

Weakness: CWE-300 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

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