XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin

published 2021-06-30 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hxxp-6546-wv6r , EUVD-2021-1476

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 42.5%; EPSS 42.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:seleniumhtmlreport 1.1

github.com/jenkinsci/seleniumhtmlreport-plugin@5ca59b8 commit

Exploit prediction

42.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:seleniumhtmlreport	<1.1	1.1

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

github.com /jenkinsci/seleniumhtmlreport-plugin/commit/5ca59b8c7d23af4450dc7f19c1b4107d59063ae1
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2021-06-30/#SECURITY-2329
web, vendor-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2021/06/30/1
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2022/04/14/2
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21672
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/seleniumhtmlreport-plugin
package

Sources

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Summary