What is CVE-2019-4409?

CVE-2019-4409 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Traveler, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-4409?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Hcl Traveler

CVE-2019-4409

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hcl Traveler — versions 9.x and earlier versions
Hcltech Traveler

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

hclpnpsupport.hcltech.com/csm (Patch, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-4409?: CVE-2019-4409 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hcl Traveler, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-4409?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.