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Jenkins Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in project naming strategy

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Dec 22, 2023

Package

maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)

Affected versions

<= 2.235.3
>= 2.236, <= 2.251

Patched versions

2.235.4
2.252

Description

Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the project naming strategy description, that is displayed on item creation.\n\nThis results in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by users with Overall/Manage permission.\n\nJenkins 2.252, LTS 2.235.4 escapes the project naming strategy description.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 12, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jun 23, 2022
Last updated Dec 22, 2023

Severity

High
8.0
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2020-2230

GHSA ID

GHSA-9g4m-ffx6-c29g

Source code

Credits

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