XSS in Jenkins
CVE-2018-1999007
A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.132 and earlier, 2.121.1 and earlier in the Stapler web framework's org/kohsuke/stapler/Stapler.java that allows attackers with the ability to control the existence of some URLs in Jenkins to define JavaScript that would be executed in another user's browser when that other user views HTTP 404 error pages while Stapler debug mode is enabled.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jenkins
- Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Automated Test Suite — versions 1.9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-07-18/ (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1999007?
- CVE-2018-1999007 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-07-23.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1999007?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-1999007 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.