What is CVE-2022-30956?

CVE-2022-30956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Rundeck, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-30956?

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

Is CVE-2022-30956 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Jenkins Rundeck

CVE-2022-30956

Jenkins Rundeck Plugin 3.6.10 and earlier does not restrict URL schemes in Rundeck webhook submissions, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to submit crafted Rundeck webhook payloads.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.733 (99.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-29.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.733 · newest: 0.733 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Rundeck
Jenkins Project Rundeck Plugin — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-05-17/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-30956?: CVE-2022-30956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Rundeck, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-30956?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-30956 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.