Credentials management in Kentico - CVE-2019-6242
Published: February 8, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36171
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6242
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Kentico
Affected software:
Kentico
Kentico
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to execute arbitrary code.
** DISPUTED ** 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 at a future time.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6242
Install update from vendor's website.