What is CVE-2018-1000198?

CVE-2018-1000198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Black Duck Hub, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000198?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XXE in Jenkins Black Duck Hub

CVE-2018-1000198

A XML external entity processing vulnerability exists in Jenkins Black Duck Hub Plugin 3.1.0 and older in PostBuildScanDescriptor.java that allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to make Jenkins process XML eternal entities in an XML document.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.010 (57.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Jenkins Black_duck_hub
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000198?: CVE-2018-1000198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Black Duck Hub, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000198?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.