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CVE-2023-28685

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28685 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Jenkins AbsInt a³ Plugin versions 1.1.0 and earlier, stemming from its XML parser not being configured to prevent such attacks. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) allows an authenticated attacker to remotely disclose sensitive information (C:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for data exfiltration warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:absint_a3:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 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

Vendor Patches (1)

jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-wf8m-qr47-xc9mhigh

Jenkins AbsInt a³ Plugin XML External Entity Reference vulnerability

Jul 6, 2023

References

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