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CVE-2022-45400

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-45400 is a critical XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Jenkins JAPEX Plugin versions 1.7 and earlier, where the plugin's XML parser is not properly configured to prevent such attacks. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-8538-25v4-25pghigh

XXE vulnerability in Jenkins JAPEX Plugin

Nov 16, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2022-11-15
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/11/15/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory