CVE-2019-16572

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16572 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Weibo Plugin versions 1.0.1 and earlier, where credentials are stored unencrypted in the global configuration file on the Jenkins master. This allows local attackers with file system access to view sensitive information, resulting in a high confidentiality impact. Despite its potential for credential exposure, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:weibo::::::jenkins::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.33%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

25.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-5c97-gxr3-r368low

Jenkins Weibo Plugin stores credentials unencrypted in its global configuration file

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2019-12-17

Vendor Advisory

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory