What is CVE-2023-24450?

CVE-2023-24450 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins View-Cloner, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-24450?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins View-Cloner

CVE-2023-24450

Jenkins view-cloner Plugin 1.1 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.

Published 2023-01-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.6% 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: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins View-Cloner — versions 1.0, 1.1
Jenkins Project View-Cloner Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-01-24/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-24450?: CVE-2023-24450 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins View-Cloner, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-24450?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.