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Security incident · CVE-2025-0248

HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input.

Published Nov 25, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 25, 2025 · HCL Software iNotes

Last checked Oct 31, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-0248. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of HCL Software iNotes is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.40%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor HCL Software iNotes <12.0.2 FP6, <14.0 FP4

HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can specially craft a URL 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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor HCL Software iNotes <12.0.2 FP6, <14.0 FP4<12.0.2 FP6, <14.0 FP4

How to fix CVE-2025-0248

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-0248. EPSS is 0.40%. Act only if a listed version of HCL Software iNotes is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with HCL Software iNotes <12.0.2 FP6, <14.0 FP4 <12.0.2 FP6, <14.0 FP4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.40%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can specially craft a URL 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.

  2. Nov 25, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can specially craft a URL 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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-0248

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-0248

    30-day exploitation probability 0.40%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-199603

    HCL iNotes is susceptible to a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can specially craft a URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the host

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 31, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 31, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 28, 2026
  • EUVDOct 28, 2026