CVE-2019-13521

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.056 · 93 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

5.57% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A maliciously crafted program file opened by an unsuspecting user of Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software version 16.00.00 and earlier may result in the limited exposure of information related to the targeted workstation. Rockwell Automation has released version 16.00.01 of Arena Simulation Software to address the reported vulnerabilities.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.

MitigationArena Simulation Software for Manufacturing Cat. 9502-Axcisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted .doe files with Arena Simulation Software.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-357USCWE-357US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Arena Simulation Software for Manufacturing Cat. 9502-Ax: Versions 16.00.00 and earlierall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software for Manufacturing Cat. 9502-Ax≤ 16.00.00cisa_csaf_otUS
Rockwell Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software≤ Versions 16.00.00 and earlierenisa_euvdEU
rockwellautomation arena≤ 16.00.00nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rockwellautomation:arena:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSA-19-213-05Rockwell Automation Arena Simulation Software (Update B)2019-08-01icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a current Arena session to fault or enter a denial-of-service (DoS) state, allowing the attacker to run arbitrary code.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-01-27modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13521 cnnvd
https://www.rockwellautomation.comPatchcnnvd
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-213-05 cnnvd
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-799/cnnvd
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-213-05 enisa_euvd
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-799/enisa_euvd
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-213-05Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-799/Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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