XSS in Jenkins

CVE-2017-2610

jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 is vulnerable to a persisted cross-site scripting in search suggestions due to improperly escaping users with less-than and greater-than characters in their names (SECURITY-388).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2017-2610: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2610?
CVE-2017-2610 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-2610?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-2610 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.