XML External Entity injection in Maven Release - CVE-2019-16549
Published: December 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23665
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16549
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote authenticated attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application, conduct a man-in-the-middle attack and have Jenkins parse crafted XML documents.
Affected software
Maven Release
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16549
Install updates from vendor's website.
Maven Release - update to 0.16.2