CVE-2019-6242 Information disclosure in n/a
Global Administrators can view cleartext SMTP passwords in the configuration interface, exposing sensitive credentials to privileged users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-6242?
CVE-2019-6242 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kentico Xperience, published on 8 Feb 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6242?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kentico Xperience.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6242?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-6242 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6242 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Kentico Xperience
- CVE-2025-2746 Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2025-2747 Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2019-10068 Kentico Xperience Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2025-2749 Kentico Xperience Path Traversal
- CVE-2017-17736 Missing authorization in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xggx-rf7g-q3f6.