#VU14001 Cross-site scripting in Jenkins - CVE-2018-1999007

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#VU14001 Cross-site scripting in Jenkins - CVE-2018-1999007

Published: July 26, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14001
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1999007
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Jenkins
Software vendor:
Jenkins

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to the build timeline widget shown on URLs like /view/…/builds did not properly escape display names of items. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

The vulnerability is addressed in the versions 1.121.2, 1.133.

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