CVE-2023-6147 json
Possible XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Plugin for Qualys Policy Compliance
published 2024-01-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-8525-52vg-jv6v , EUVD-2024-0289
- cvss
- 5.7
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance prior to version and including 1.0.5 was identified to be affected by a security flaw, which was missing a permission check while performing a connectivity check to Qualys Cloud Services. This allowed any user with login access to configure or edit jobs to utilize the plugin and configure potential a rouge endpoint via which it was possible to control response for certain request which could be injected with XXE payloads leading to XXE while processing the response data
Patch / fix
- maven com.qualys.plugins:qualys-pc 1.0.6
- Qualys,Inc. Policy Compliance Connector Jenkins Plugin 1.0.6
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 23 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.qualys.plugins:qualys-pc | <1.0.6 |
1.0.6 |
Affected products
- Qualys,Inc. Policy Compliance Connector Jenkins Plugin
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
References
-
qualys.com
/security-advisories/
vendor-advisory
-
openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6147
advisory
-
github.com
/jenkinsci/qualys-pc-plugin
package
-
plugins.jenkins.io
/qualys-pc
web
-
qualys.com
/security-advisories
web
-
qualys.com
/security-advisories/cve-2023-6147
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-6147
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8525-52vg-jv6v
- NVD CVE-2023-6147
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