The MojoHaus Exec Maven plugin 1.1.1 for Maven allows code execution via a crafted XML document because a configuration element (within a plugin element) can specify an arbitrary program in an executable element (and can also specify arbitrary command-line arguments in an arguments element).

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in a connection test form method in Jenkins Maven Release Plugin 0.16.1 and earlier allows attackers to have Jenkins connect to an attacker specified web server and parse XML documents.

Jenkins Maven Integration Plugin 3.3 and earlier did not apply build log decorators to module builds, potentially revealing sensitive build variables in the build log.

In DiffPlug Spotless before 1.20.0 (library and Maven plugin) and before 3.20.0 (Gradle plugin), the XML parser would resolve external entities over both HTTP and HTTPS and didn't respect the resolveExternalEntities setting. For example, this allows disclosure of file contents to a MITM attacker if a victim performs a spotlessApply operation on an untrusted XML file.

An XML external entities (XXE) vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline Maven Integration Plugin 1.7.0 and earlier allowed attackers able to control a temporary directory's content on the agent running the Maven build to have Jenkins parse a maliciously crafted XML file that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins master, server-side request forgery, or denial-of-service attacks.

Jenkins Maven Release Plugin 0.16.1 and earlier does not configure the XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to have Jenkins parse crafted XML documents.

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Maven Artifact ChoiceListProvider (Nexus) Plugin 1.3.1 and earlier in ArtifactoryChoiceListProvider.java, NexusChoiceListProvider.java, Nexus3ChoiceListProvider.java that allows attackers to capture credentials with a known credentials ID stored in Jenkins.

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.

The default configuration of Apache Maven 3.0.4, when using Maven Wagon 2.1, disables SSL certificate checks, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.