What is CVE-2022-41239?

CVE-2022-41239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Dotci, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-41239?

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

XSS in Jenkins Dotci

CVE-2022-41239

Jenkins DotCi Plugin 2.40.00 and earlier does not escape the GitHub user name parameter provided to commit notifications when displaying them in a build cause, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

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: 0.007 (51.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Jenkins Dotci
Jenkins Project Dotci Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 2.40.00

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-2022-41239?: CVE-2022-41239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Dotci, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-41239?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.