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CVE-2021-21680
Jenkins Nested View Plugin 1.20 and earlier does not configure its XML transformer to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
High7.1EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- jenkins
Description
Jenkins Nested View Plugin 1.20 and earlier does not configure its XML transformer to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jenkins
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Jenkins project · Jenkins Nested View Plugin
- affected unspecified – ≤ 1.20
- unaffected 1.19.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:nested-viewGHSA-5wc4-w63v-97c3 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-08-31/#SECURITY-2411 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20210831 Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins plugins (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5wc4-w63v-97c3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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