What is CVE-2015-5298?

CVE-2015-5298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Google Login, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2015-5298?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-5298 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Jenkins Google Login

CVE-2015-5298

The Google Login Plugin (versions 1.0 and 1.1) allows malicious anonymous users to authenticate successfully against Jenkins instances that are supposed to be locked down to a particular Google Apps domain through client-side request modification.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.007 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Jenkins Google_login — versions 1.0, 1.1
N/a Jenkins Google Login Plugin — versions Jenkins Google Login Plugin 1.0 and 1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5298?: CVE-2015-5298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Google Login, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2015-5298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-5298 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.