Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-25209

High

Published: 15 February 2022

Published
15 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0011 29.0th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-25209 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Jenkins Chef Sinatra. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 29.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Jenkins Chef Sinatra Plugin 1.20 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

jenkins
chef sinatra
≤ 1.20

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

References