{"id":"CVE-2019-16544","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16544","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:24:27.295Z","title":"Jenkins QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Plugin 1.12 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.","description":"Jenkins QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Plugin 1.12 and earlier stores credentials unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.","published":"2019-11-21T15:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:22:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-522"],"affected":["qmetry/jenkins qmetry for jira"],"epss":{"score":0.00833,"percentile":0.57389,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/21/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com"},{"url":"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-11-21/#SECURITY-727%20%281%29","source":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/21/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-11-21/#SECURITY-727%20%281%29","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16544","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}