What is CVE-2022-34170?

CVE-2022-34170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-06-23.

How severe is CVE-2022-34170?

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

XSS in Jenkins

CVE-2022-34170

In Jenkins 2.320 through 2.355 (both inclusive) and LTS 2.332.1 through LTS 2.332.3 (both inclusive) the help icon does not escape the feature name that is part of its tooltip, effectively undoing the fix for SECURITY-1955, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Job/Configure permission.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.014 (70.0th 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
Jenkins Project — versions 2.320, unspecified, LTS 2.332.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34170?: CVE-2022-34170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-06-23.
How severe is CVE-2022-34170?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.