CVE-2021-21672
XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin
Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-21672- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2021-21672- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1476 No score
Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1476- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hxxp-6546-wv6r
XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin
Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
This allows attackers with the ability to control the report files parsed using this plugin to have Jenkins parse a crafted report file that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.
Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.1 disables external entity resolution for its XML parser.
- Record
GHSA-hxxp-6546-wv6r- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-hxxp-6546-wv6r
XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin
Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
This allows attackers with the ability to control the report files parsed using this plugin to have Jenkins parse a crafted report file that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.
Jenkins Selenium HTML report Plugin 1.1 disables external entity resolution for its XML parser.
- Record
GHSA-hxxp-6546-wv6r- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:seleniumhtmlreportMaven |
through 1.0 | 1.1 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:seleniumhtmlreportMaven |
before 1.1, plus listed versions 0.920.930.941.0 |
1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-21672 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Jenkins Selenium Html Report, published June 30, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.5%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:seleniumhtmlreport 1.1.
References
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-06-30
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/30/1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21672
github.com/jenkinsci/seleniumhtmlreport-plugin/commit/5ca59b8c7d23af4450dc7f19c1b4107d59063ae1