Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Chef Sinatra - CVE-2022-25208

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Chef Sinatra - CVE-2022-25208

Published: February 17, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60692
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25208
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Chef Sinatra
Software vendor:
Jenkins

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation. A remote user can have Jenkins send an HTTP request to an attacker-controlled URL and have it parse the response as XML.


Remediation

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

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