Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins MongoDB plugin

Published: 2020-09-22

Risk	Medium
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-2267 CVE-2020-2268
CWE-ID	CWE-264 CWE-352
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Jenkins MongoDB Plugin 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: #VU46951

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2267

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 perform permission checks in methods implementing form validation. A remote attacker can gain access to some metadata of any arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller.

Mitigation

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

Vulnerable software versions

Jenkins MongoDB Plugin: 1.0 - 1.3

External links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/3
http://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-09-16/#SECURITY-1904

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU46952

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2268

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)