01 Record
CVE-2021-43576
Jenkins pom2config Plugin 1.2 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing attackers with Overall/Read and Item/Read permissions to have Jenkins
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: jenkins
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Jenkins pom2config Plugin 1.2 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing attackers with Overall/Read and Item/Read permissions to have Jenkins
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-11-12 10:35Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 04:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-11-11
- Assigning CNA
- jenkins
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b715abff3a60e624c108b4624166ddaac85e558f895ff38634d3ab3d86288fdb
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.jenkins.iohttps://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-11-12/#SECURITY-2415
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20211112 Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins pluginshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/11/12/1
- www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1314/