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CVE-2019-16544

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16544 describes a critical vulnerability in the Jenkins QMetry for JIRA - Test Management Plugin versions 1.12 and earlier, where credentials are stored unencrypted in job config.xml files. This allows users with Extended Read permission or direct file system access to the Jenkins master to view sensitive authentication data. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qmetry:jenkins_qmetry_for_jira:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:qmetry-for-jira-test-managementFixed in: 1.13

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-8mjp-8c2x-3g7wmedium

Jenkins QMetry for JIRA Plugin stored credentials in plain text

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2019-11-21
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/11/21/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory