🛡️ CVE-2019-16545 — qmetry-for-jira-test-management

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-319 OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Jenkins QMetry for JIRA Plugin shows plain text password in configuration form

Jenkins QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Plugin stores a credential as part of its post-build step configuration.

While the password is stored encrypted on disk since QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Plugin 1.13, it is transmitted in plain text as part of the configuration form. This can result in exposure of the password through browser extensions, cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, and similar situations.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2019-16545 is classified as CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. Sensitive data crosses the network without encryption and can be read or altered in transit.

Affected software

CVE-2019-16545 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:qmetry-for-jira-test-management (fixed in 1.14.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 16 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
jenkins.io (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-319
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:qmetry-for-jira-test-management — 1.14.0

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