HCL AppScan Standard is vulnerable to excessive authorization attempts
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-307Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-307.
Summary
HCL AppScan Standard is vulnerable to excessive authorization attempts
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01032 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | HCL AppScan Standard Edition | HCL AppScan Standard Edition 9.0.3.14 and below | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- HCL AppScan Standard Edition Vendor— Affected HCL AppScan Standard Edition 9.0.3.14 and below Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:appscan:*:*:*:*:standard:*:*:* | up to 10.0.0 | Vulnerable | HCL Software |
- cpe:2.3:a:hcltech:appscan:*:*:*:*:standard:*:*:* Versions up to 10.0.0 Vulnerable ·HCL Software
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-4393
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pm6h-8m3h-rxww
References
More HCL Software Appscan vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-03246 Hard-coded credentials in IBM HCL AppScan Standard Edition CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-03245 HCL AppScan Standard is vulnerable to XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2019-03217 Hard-coded credentials in "HCL AppScan Enterprise Edition" CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-03216 Improper output encoding in "HCL AppScan Enterprise " CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2019-03214 "HCL AppScan Enterprise is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting while importing a specially crafted test policy." CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2019-03215 "HCL AppScan Enterprise makes use of broken or risky cryptographic algorithm to store REST API user details." CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2019-4393 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-4393 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pm6h-8m3h-rxww · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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