CVE-2019-5615 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2019-5615

Rapid7 InsightVM Stored Credential Exposure

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was discovered, and reported to Rapid7, by Robert Elliott from IBM Security. It is being disclosed in accordance Rapid7's vulnerability disclosure policy (https://www.rapid7.com/disclosure/).

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

InsightVM
Vulnerable Versions:
6.5.49, 6.5.11

Timeline

Official Publish: April 9th, 2019
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.