Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins Project Inheritance plugin

Published: 2020-06-04

Risk	Medium
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-2197 CVE-2020-2198
CWE-ID	CWE-264 CWE-522
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Project Inheritance Web applications / Modules and components for CMS
Vendor	Jenkins

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU28577

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2197

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not require users to have Job/ExtendedRead permission to access Inheritance Project job configurations in XML format.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Project Inheritance: 1.4.8 - 19.08.02

External links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/03/3
http://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-06-03/#SECURITY-1582

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Insufficiently protected credentials

EUVDB-ID: #VU28578

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2198

CWE-ID: CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials