What is CVE-2019-6242?

CVE-2019-6242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kentico Xperience, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-6242?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Kentico Xperience

CVE-2019-6242

Kentico v10.0.42 allows Global Administrators to read the cleartext SMTP Password by navigating to the SMTP configuration page. NOTE: the vendor considers this a best-practice violation but not a vulnerability. The vendor plans to fix it a…

EPSS: 0.012 (65.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Kentico Xperience — versions 10.0.42
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6242?: CVE-2019-6242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kentico Xperience, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2019-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-6242?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.