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CVE-2018-1000198

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1000198 describes an XML external entity (XXE) processing vulnerability in Jenkins Black Duck Hub Plugin versions 3.1.0 and older. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with Overall/Read permissions to force Jenkins to process malicious XML external entities. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring only low privileges, with a high impact on confidentiality. Despite its potential, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:black_duck_hub:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.blackducksoftware.integration:blackduck-hubFixed in: 4.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-8rc4-3jc3-83pmmedium

XML External Entity processing vulnerability in Jenkins Black Duck Hub Plugin

May 14, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2018-05-09
Vendor Advisory