XML external entity reference vulnerability on agents in Jenkins Semantic Versioning Plugin

published 2023-01-24 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-h8p8-6378-649p , EUVD-2023-0484

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Semantic Versioning Plugin 1.14 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:semantic-versioning-plugin 1.15
jenkins semantic_versioning 1.15

github.com/jenkinsci/semantic-versioning-plugin@8df2fab commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-04-02)

Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:semantic-versioning-plugin	<1.15	1.15

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins Semantic Versioning Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary