Is CVE-2020-14271 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-14271 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-14271?

CVE-2020-14271 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-14271?

CVE-2020-14271 has an EPSS score of 1.10% (62th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14271?

Upgrade hcl inotes to 11.0.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-14271

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

HCL iNotes v9, v10 and v11 is susceptible to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability due to improper handling of message content. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using specially-crafted markup to execute script in a victim's web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site and/or steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

hcl inotesNVD

Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.1Fixed in:11.0.1CVE-2020-14271derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days

62ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.hcltechsw.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.