What is CVE-2023-28678?

CVE-2023-28678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Cppcheck, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-04-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-28678?

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

XSS in Jenkins Cppcheck

CVE-2023-28678

Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin 1.26 and earlier does not escape file names from Cppcheck report files before showing them on the Jenkins UI, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control report file contents.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jenkins Cppcheck
Jenkins Project Cppcheck Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28678?: CVE-2023-28678 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Cppcheck, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-04-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-28678?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.