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high 8.8

CVE-2023-41933 json

Job Configuration History Plugin's path traversal allows exploiting XXE vulnerability

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-ghjw-fcf6-rpr9 , EUVD-2023-2507

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins Job Configuration History Plugin 1227.v7a_79fc4dc01f and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:jobConfigHistory 1229.v3039470161a_d

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-15).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 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 org.jenkins-ci.plugins:jobConfigHistory
<1229.v3039470161a_d
1229.v3039470161a_d

Affected products

  • Jenkins Project Jenkins Job Configuration History Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

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