What is CVE-2017-1000392?

CVE-2017-1000392 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000392?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Jenkins

CVE-2017-1000392

Jenkins 2.88 and earlier; 2.73.2 and earlier Autocompletion suggestions for text fields were not escaped, resulting in a persisted cross-site scripting vulnerability if the source for the suggestions allowed specifying text that includes HTML metacharacters like less-than and greater-than characters.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Jenkins
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000392?: CVE-2017-1000392 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000392?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.