What is CVE-2023-4301?

CVE-2023-4301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Fortify, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2023-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-4301?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

CSRF in Jenkins Fortify

CVE-2023-4301

A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jenkins Fortify Plugin 22.1.38 and earlier allows attackers to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2023-08-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Fortify
Jenkins Project Fortify Plugin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-08-16/ (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4301?: CVE-2023-4301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Fortify, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2023-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-4301?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.