6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-6149
Qualys Jenkins Plugin for WAS XXE Injection
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

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 9, 2024, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 12, 2024, 7:55 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-6149 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Qualys web_application_screening
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-6149.

URL Resource
https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-6149 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-6149 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ No Types Assigned https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-611
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qualys:web_application_screening:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0.11
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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
    Added Reference Qualys, Inc. https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Qualys, Inc. CWE-611
    Added CVSS V3.1 Qualys, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.12652

percentile

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