CVE-2019-5615 Rapid7 InsightVM Stored Credential Exposure
Site-level users can access encrypted and clear-text administrator credentials, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5615?
CVE-2019-5615 is a low-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 InsightVM, published on 9 Apr 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5615?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rapid7 Insightvm.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5615?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5615 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5615 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5615 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-vf4c-cmqm-2c6v.