What is CVE-2022-34171?

CVE-2022-34171 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-2022-34171?

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

XSS in Jenkins

CVE-2022-34171

In Jenkins 2.321 through 2.355 (both inclusive) and LTS 2.332.1 through LTS 2.332.3 (both inclusive) the HTML output generated for new symbol-based SVG icons includes the 'title' attribute of 'l:ionicon' (until Jenkins 2.334) and 'alt' attribute of 'l:icon' (since Jenkins 2.335) without further escaping, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

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 2.321, 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-2022-34171?: CVE-2022-34171 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-2022-34171?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.