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Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVE-2019-10466

High
8.1/10

Summary

An XML external entities (XXE) vulnerability in Jenkins 360 FireLine Plugin allows attackers with Overall/Read access to have Jenkins resolve external entities, resulting in the extraction of secrets from the Jenkins agent, server-side request forgery, or denial-of-service attacks.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Listed 4th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', XML External Entities (XXE) vulnerability allows attackers to provide an XML input that contains an external entity. When the XML is parsed, it can cause data extraction and manipulation, execution of commands, denial-of-service attacks, and server-side request forgery.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published