What is CVE-2022-34784?

CVE-2022-34784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Build-Metrics, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-34784?

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

XSS in Jenkins Build-Metrics

CVE-2022-34784

Jenkins build-metrics Plugin 1.3 does not escape the build description on one of its views, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Build/Update permission.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-06-30 · 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: 0.008 (53.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Build-Metrics — versions 1.3
Jenkins Project Build-Metrics Plugin — versions 1.3, next of 1.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-06-30/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-34784?: CVE-2022-34784 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Build-Metrics, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-34784?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.