What is CVE-2019-5615?

CVE-2019-5615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm, classified under Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-5615?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm

CVE-2019-5615

Users with Site-level permissions can access files containing the username-encrypted passwords of Security Console Global Administrators and clear-text passwords for restoring backups, as well as the salt for those passwords. Valid credentials are required to access these files and malicious users would still need to perform additional work to decrypt the credentials and escalate privileges. This issue affects: Rapid7 InsightVM versions 6.5.11 through 6.5.49.

Published 2019-04-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rapid7 Insightvm — versions 6.5.49, 6.5.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

help.rapid7.com/insightvm/en-us/release-notes/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5615?: CVE-2019-5615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insightvm, classified under Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-5615?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.