XSS in Jenkins

CVE-2018-1000170

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.115 and older, LTS 2.107.1 and older, in confirmationList.jelly and stopButton.jelly that allows attackers with Job/Configure and/or Job/Create permission to create an item name containing JavaScript that would be executed in another user's browser when that other user performs some UI actions.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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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: 0.009 (57.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.2% 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-2018-1000170: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000170?
CVE-2018-1000170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-04-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000170?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.