CVE-2023-6149 json
Possible XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Plugin for Qualys Web Application Security
published 2024-01-09 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5gwh-r76w-934h , EUVD-2024-0262
- 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 39%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Qualys Jenkins Plugin for WAS prior to version and including 2.0.11 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-was 2.0.12
- Qualys,Inc. Web App Scanning Connector Jenkins Plugin 2.0.12
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 16 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% 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-was | <2.0.12 |
2.0.12 |
Affected products
- Qualys,Inc. Web App Scanning Connector Jenkins Plugin
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
References
-
github.com
/jenkinsci/qualys-was-plugin/commit/b4eeb34747fa1b934abbdf686102f6495fdb02ee
web
-
qualys.com
/security-advisories/
vendor-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6149
advisory
-
github.com
/jenkinsci/qualys-was-plugin
package
-
qualys.com
/security-advisories
web
-
qualys.com
/security-advisories/cve-2023-6149
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-6149
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5gwh-r76w-934h
- NVD CVE-2023-6149
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