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High, CVSS 8.8

Privilege escalation in XXL-Job

CVE-2023-33779GHSA-9mmj-64jh-ph9c

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • Maven com.xuxueli:xxl-job

    Affected
    <= 2.4.1
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
8.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2023-33779: 0.95% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 61.26 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

A lateral privilege escalation vulnerability in XXL-Job v2.4.1 allows users to execute arbitrary commands on another user's account via a crafted POST request to the component /jobinfo/.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-9mmj-64jh-ph9c

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2023-33779

Advisory: Privilege escalation in XXL-Job
IDs: CVE-2023-33779, GHSA-9mmj-64jh-ph9c
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2023-33779 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 16:34 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Maven com.xuxueli:xxl-job: affected <= 2.4.1

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Maven com.xuxueli:xxl-job: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on com.xuxueli:xxl-job.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mmj-64jh-ph9c (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-9mmj-64jh-ph9c lists affected ranges: Maven com.xuxueli:xxl-job >=0 <=2.4.1)

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