PT-2019-13894 · Jetbrains · Jetbrains Vim Plugin

Published 2019-10-01 · Updated 2019-10-08 · CVE-2019-14957

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions JetBrains Vim plugin versions prior to 0.52

Description The issue concerns the storage of individual project data in the global vim settings.xml file, which could be synchronized to a publicly accessible GitHub repository, potentially exposing sensitive information.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.52, update to version 0.52 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-922

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-14957

Affected Products

Jetbrains Vim Plugin

References · 3

• https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/09/26/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q2-2019 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14957 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14957 · Vendor Advisory