Privilege escalation in XXL-Job

published 2023-05-26 3 y ago modified 2026-07-09 4 mo ago also GHSA-9mmj-64jh-ph9c , EUVD-2023-1516

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits: 0; none known

A lateral privilege escalation vulnerability in XXL-Job v2.4.1 allows users to execute arbitrary commands on another user's account via a crafted POST request to the component /jobinfo/.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-14)

Exploit prediction

0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/silence-silence/xxl-job-lateral-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-/blob/main/README.md referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.xuxueli:xxl-job	<=2.4.1	no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

github.com /silence-silence/xxl-job-lateral-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-/blob/main/README.md
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
github.com /xuxueli/xxl-job
package, product
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33779
advisory
xxl-job.com
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