XML external entity vulnerability on agents in Jenkins MSTest Plugin

published 2023-01-24 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3ppr-72x5-x67q , EUVD-2023-0324

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins MSTest Plugin 1.0.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

maven org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:mstest 1.0.1

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% 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.jvnet.hudson.plugins:mstest	<1.0.1	1.0.1

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins MSTest Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs

References

github.com /jenkinsci/mstest-plugin/commit/f9b9b0cbdf7559fdd8fc4004e5a242f5801daa67
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2023-01-24/#SECURITY-2292
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24441
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/mstest-plugin/releases/tag/mstest-1.0.1
web

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