What is CVE-2022-41240?

CVE-2022-41240 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Walti, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-41240?

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

XSS in Jenkins Walti

CVE-2022-41240

Jenkins Walti Plugin 1.0.1 and earlier does not escape the information provided by the Walti API, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide malicious API responses from Walti.

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: 0.006 (44.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Jenkins Walti
Jenkins Project Walti Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.0.1

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-2022-41240?: CVE-2022-41240 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Walti, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-41240?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.