XXE in Qualys Policy Compliance
CVE-2023-6147
Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance prior to version and including 1.0.5 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
Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (43.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.qualys.com/security-advisories/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/24/6
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-6147?
- CVE-2023-6147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qualys Policy Compliance, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2024-01-09.
- How severe is CVE-2023-6147?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-6147 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.