# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Feb 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xggx-rf7g-q3f6

## 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 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6242?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2746/): Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-2747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2747/): Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-10068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10068/): Kentico Xperience Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-2749](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2749/): Kentico Xperience Path Traversal (high 7.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-17736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17736/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-6242 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Kentico Xperience. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6242/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6242
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6242
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6242

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6242/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.