CVE-2019-15299
CWE-287Published: February 24, 2020· Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Official Description
An issue was discovered in Centreon Web through 19.04.3. When a user changes his password on his profile page, the contact_autologin_key field in the database becomes blank when it should be NULL. This makes it possible to partially bypass authentication.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2019-15299 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.8.
From a weakness classification perspective (CWE-287): Authentication bypass vulnerabilities allow attackers to access protected resources without valid credentials.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2019-15299 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts