CVE-2023-28008

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28008 is an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability affecting HCL Workload Automation versions 9.4, 9.5, and 10.1. A remote attacker with low privileges can exploit this flaw by submitting specially crafted XML data. This could lead to the exposure of sensitive information or denial-of-service through memory exhaustion, reflected in its CVSS score of 8.1 (High). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:workload_automation:9.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:workload_automation:9.4.0:fix_pack_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:workload_automation:9.4.0:fix_pack_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:workload_automation:9.4.0:fix_pack_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:workload_automation:9.4.0:fix_pack_6:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0082 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References