What is CVE-2015-8031?

CVE-2015-8031 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Hudson, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2015-8031?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-8031 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XXE in Eclipse Hudson

CVE-2015-8031

Hudson (aka org.jvnet.hudson.main:hudson-core) before 3.3.2 allows XXE attacks.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2022-07-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Eclipse Hudson

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

wiki.eclipse.org/Hudson-ci/alerts/CVE-2015-8031 (Vendor Advisory)
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGJVNETHUDSONMAIN-31221 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3h2-8mf8-j5r2 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8031?: CVE-2015-8031 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Hudson, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2015-8031?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-8031 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.