What is CVE-2019-16562?

CVE-2019-16562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Buildgraph-view, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-16562?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Jenkins Buildgraph-view

CVE-2019-16562

Jenkins buildgraph-view Plugin 1.8 and earlier does not escape the description of builds shown in its view, resulting in a stored XSS vulnerability exploitable by users able to change build descriptions.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jenkins Buildgraph-view
Jenkins Project Buildgraph-view Plugin — versions unspecified, 1.5.2, next of 1.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16562?: CVE-2019-16562 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Buildgraph-view, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2019-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-16562?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.