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.

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)

EPSS: 0.009 (55.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jenkins
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

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.