Cross-site scripting in Jenkins - CVE-2012-6074
Published: February 25, 2013 / Updated: August 12, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43057
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6074
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Jenkins
Jenkins
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in Jenkins before 1.491, Jenkins LTS before 1.480.1, and Jenkins Enterprise 1.424.x before 1.424.6.13, 1.447.x before 1.447.4.1, and 1.466.x before 1.466.10.1. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6074
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0220.html
- http://www.cloudbees.com/jenkins-advisory/jenkins-security-advisory-2012-11-20.cb
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/28/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=890612
- https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2012-11-20