SB2023113016 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins MATLAB plugin

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49654)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints implementing related form validation. A remote user can have Jenkins parse an XML file from the Jenkins controller file system.

2) XML External Entity injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49656)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote user can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.

3) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49655)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-11-29/#SECURITY-3193
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/29/1