What is CVE-2016-4988?

CVE-2016-4988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-4988?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer

CVE-2016-4988

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Build Failure Analyzer plugin before 1.16.0 in Jenkins allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Jenkins Build_failure_analyzer
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
nvd@nist.gov (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4988?: CVE-2016-4988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-4988?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.