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CVE-2019-16549

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16549 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Jenkins Maven Release Plugin versions 0.16.1 and earlier. This critical flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to force Jenkins to parse specially crafted XML documents. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), successful exploitation could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires high attack complexity. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:maven:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins.m2release:m2releaseFixed in: 0.16.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-7mf5-79gv-66ghhigh

Jenkins Maven Release Plug-in Plugin XXE vulnerability

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2019-12-17
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory