What is CVE-2022-36922?

CVE-2022-36922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Lucene-Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-36922?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Jenkins Lucene-Search

CVE-2022-36922

Jenkins Lucene-Search Plugin 370.v62a5f618cd3a and earlier does not escape the search query parameter displayed on the 'search' result page, resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-07-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.0% 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: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Lucene-Search
Jenkins Project Lucene-Search Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 370.v62a5f618cd3a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-07-27/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/07/27/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36922?: CVE-2022-36922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Lucene-Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-36922?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.