What is CVE-2019-15635?

CVE-2019-15635 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Grafana, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2019-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-15635?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Grafana

CVE-2019-15635

An issue was discovered in Grafana 5.4.0. Passwords for data sources used by Grafana (e.g., MySQL) are not encrypted. An admin user can reveal passwords for any data source by pressing the "Save and test" button within a data source's settings menu. When watching the transaction with Burp Proxy, the password for the data source is revealed and sent to the server. From a browser, a prompt to save the credentials is generated, and the password can be revealed by simply checking the "Show password" box.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Grafana — versions 5.4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15635?: CVE-2019-15635 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Grafana, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2019-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-15635?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.