CVE-2023-6149

Possible XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Plugin for Qualys Web Application Security

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

Remediation

Solution:

  • Customers should upgrade to a minimum version of 2.0.12 

Category

5.7
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.19%
Vendor Advisory qualys.com
Affected: Qualys,Inc. Web App Scanning Connector Jenkins Plugin
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-6149?
CVE-2023-6149 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-6149?
To fix CVE-2023-6149: Customers should upgrade to a minimum version of 2.0.12 
Is CVE-2023-6149 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-6149 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-6149?
CVE-2023-6149 affects Qualys,Inc. Web App Scanning Connector Jenkins Plugin.
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