Description
Jenkins Maven Plugin 2.17 and earlier bundled a version of the commons-httpclient library with the vulnerability CVE-2012-6153 that incorrectly verified SSL certificates, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. Maven Plugin 3.0 no longer has a dependency on commons-httpclient.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-10-11/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
9.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
jenkins/maven
< 2.17
org.jenkins-ci.main/maven-plugin
0 - 3.0Maven
Published
Jan 26, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026