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CVE-2023-28681

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28681 is a high-severity XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Jenkins Visual Studio Code Metrics Plugin versions 1.7 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely access sensitive information and potentially impact system integrity due to improper XML parser configuration. While the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.2, there is currently no public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or evidence of active exploitation, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:visual_studio_code_metrics:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.2HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 21st percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Patches (1)

jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-8j88-2hfc-5rf3high

Jenkins Visual Studio Code Metrics Plugin vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) attacks

Apr 2, 2023

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2023-03-21
Vendor Advisory