CVE-2019-4409

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

HCL Traveler versions 9.x and earlier are susceptible to cross-site scripting attacks. On the Problem Report page of the Traveler servlet pages, there is a field to specify a file attachment to provide additional problem details. An invalid file name returns an error message that includes the entered file name. If the file name is not escaped in the returned error page, it could expose a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Affected products

HCL Software HCL Traveler: before 10.0.0.0 — fixed in 10.0.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HCL Software HCL Traveler 10.0.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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