Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2024 · Assigned by Qualys
CVE-2023-6149Possible XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Plugin for Qualys Web Application Security
Medium 5.7
In plain English
A medium-severity XML external entity in Web App Scanning Connector Jenkins Plugin from Qualys,Inc. . There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.qualys.plugins:qualys-was | 2.0.12 | GHSA-5gwh-r76w-934h |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qualys,Inc. | Web App Scanning Connector Jenkins Plugin | 2.0.11 – through 2.0.3 |
Weakness: CWE-611 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N