{"id":"CVE-2019-16549","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16549","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:15:21.732Z","title":"Jenkins Maven Release Plugin 0.16.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to have Jenkins parse crafted XML documents.","description":"Jenkins Maven Release Plugin 0.16.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to have Jenkins parse crafted XML documents.","published":"2019-12-17T15:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:22:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["jenkins/maven"],"epss":{"score":0.00969,"percentile":0.61631,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com"},{"url":"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/#SECURITY-1681","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/#SECURITY-1681","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16549","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}