What is CVE-2023-45696?

CVE-2023-45696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Sametime, classified under Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2024-02-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-45696?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-45696 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Hcl Software Sametime

CVE-2023-45696

Sametime is impacted by sensitive fields with autocomplete enabled in the Legacy web chat client. By default, this allows user entered data to be stored by the browser.

Published 2024-02-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hcl Software Sametime — versions 11.5, 11.6, 11.6 IF1, 12.0, 12.0 FP1, 12.0.1, 12.0.1 FP1
Hcltech Sametime

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-524 — Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

support.hcltechsw.com/csm (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-45696?: CVE-2023-45696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Software Sametime, classified under Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2024-02-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-45696?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-45696 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.