What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-6148?

CVE-2023-6148 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.7 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.5%.

Which versions of Policy Compliance are affected by CVE-2023-6148?

Organizations using for Policy Compliance should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2023-6148, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 5.7.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2023-6148?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running for Policy Compliance and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Policy Compliance CVE-2023-6148

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2024-01-09 bugreport@qualys.com

XSS Jenkins Policy Compliance

5.7

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.7 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:34 vuln.today

CVE Published

Jan 09, 2024 - 09:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.7

DescriptionCVE.org

Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance prior to version and including 1.0.5 was identified to be affected by a security flaw, which was missing a permission check while performing a connectivity check to Qualys Cloud Services. This allowed any user with login access and access to configure or edit jobs to utilize the plugin to configure a potential rouge endpoint via which it was possible to control response for certain request which could be injected with XSS payloads leading to XSS while processing the response data

AnalysisAI

Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance prior to version and including 1.0.5 was identified to be affected by a security flaw, which was missing a permission check while performing a connectivity. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Qualys Jenkins Plugin for Policy Compliance prior to version and including 1.0.5 was identified to be affected by a security flaw, which was missing a permission check while performing a connectivity check to Qualys Cloud Services. This allowed any user with login access and access to configure or edit jobs to utilize the plugin to configure a potential rouge endpoint via which it was possible to control response for certain request which could be injected with XSS payloads leading to XSS while processing the response data Affected products include: Qualys Policy Compliance.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.