What is CVE-2022-41224?

CVE-2022-41224 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-41224?

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

XSS in Jenkins

CVE-2022-41224

Jenkins 2.367 through 2.369 (both inclusive) does not escape tooltips of the l:helpIcon UI component used for some help icons on the Jenkins web UI, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control tooltips for this component.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-09-21 · 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: 0.011 (63.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Jenkins
Jenkins Project — versions 2.367, unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-09-21/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41224?: CVE-2022-41224 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-41224?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.