Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Fortify on Demand Uploader - CVE-2019-10449

Vulnerability identifier: #VU22145

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10449

CWE-ID: CWE-312

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to view the password on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected software stores credentials unencrypted in job "config.xml" files on the Jenkins master. A remote authenticated user with Extended Read permission or access to the master file system can obtain credentials.

Fortify on Demand Uploader

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-10-16/#SECURITY-1433

• Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Fortify on Demand plugin for Jenkins