Kentico CMS 10.0.42 SMTP Configuration Page credentials management ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Kentico CMS 10.0.42. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component SMTP Configuration Page. The manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-6242. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The existence of this vulnerability is still disputed at present. It is recommended that the affected component be replaced with an alternative.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kentico CMS 10.0.42 (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component SMTP Configuration Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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

The weakness was presented 02/08/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-6242 since 01/11/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gist.github.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-6242 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6242
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-130643

Entryinfo

Created: 02/08/2019 09:40
Updated: 12/19/2025 22:15
Changes: 02/08/2019 09:40 (38), 05/28/2020 20:37 (18), 07/06/2023 19:43 (3), 08/04/2024 23:33 (26), 12/19/2025 22:15 (2)
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