Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2024· Updated Jun 16, 2025
Possible XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Plugin for Qualys Web Application Security
CVE-2023-6149
Description
Qualys Jenkins Plugin for WAS prior to version and including 2.0.11 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
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
com.qualys.plugins:qualys-wasMaven | < 2.0.12 | 2.0.12 |
Affected products
2- Qualys,Inc./Web App Scanning Connector Jenkins Pluginv5Range: 2.0.11
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-5gwh-r76w-934hghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6149ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/jenkinsci/qualys-was-plugin/commit/b4eeb34747fa1b934abbdf686102f6495fdb02eeghsaWEB
- www.qualys.com/security-advisoriesghsaWEB
- www.qualys.com/security-advisories/cve-2023-6149ghsaWEB
- www.qualys.com/security-advisories/mitre
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