CVE-2019-6504
Insufficient output sanitization in the Automic Web Interface (AWI), in CA Automic Workload...
Insufficient output sanitization in the Automic Web Interface (AWI), in CA Automic Workload Automation 12.0 to 12.2, allow attackers to potentially conduct persistent cross site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted object.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.1
Insufficient output sanitization in the Automic Web Interface (AWI), in CA Automic Workload Automation 12.0 to 12.2, allow attackers to potentially conduct persistent cross site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted object.
- Record
CVE-2019-6504- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insufficient output sanitization in the Automic Web Interface (AWI), in CA Automic Workload Automation 12.0 to 12.2, allow attackers to potentially conduct persistent cross site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted object.
- Record
CVE-2019-6504- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-16063 No score
Insufficient output sanitization in the Automic Web Interface (AWI), in CA Automic Workload Automation 12.0 to 12.2, allow attackers to potentially conduct persistent cross site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted object.
- Record
EUVD-2019-16063- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-535g-qhh4-m728
6.1
Insufficient output sanitization in the Automic Web Interface (AWI), in CA Automic Workload...
Insufficient output sanitization in the Automic Web Interface (AWI), in CA Automic Workload Automation 12.0 to 12.2, allow attackers to potentially conduct persistent cross site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted object.
- Record
GHSA-535g-qhh4-m728- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-6504 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Broadcom Automic Workload Automation, published February 6, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.01%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=154874504200510&w=2
securityfocus.com/bid/106755
sec-consult.com/en/blog/advisories/cross-site-scripting-in-ca-automic-workload-automation-web-interface-formerly-automic-automation-engine
packetstormsecurity.com/files/151325/CA-Automic-Workload-Automation-12.x-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
communities.ca.com/community/product-vulnerability-response/blog/2019/01/24/ca20190124-01-security-notice-for-ca-automic-workload-automation
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/61
support.ca.com/us/product-content/recommended-reading/security-notices/CA20190124-01-security-notice-for-ca-automic-workload-automation.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6504
github.com/advisories/GHSA-535g-qhh4-m728