Stored cross-site scripting in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2023-39151
Published: July 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78704
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39151
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not sanitize or properly encode URLs of the hyperlinks in build logs. A remote user can inject 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.
Affected software
Jenkins
Jenkins LTS
IBM Automation Decision Services
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Jenkins LTS
IBM Automation Decision Services
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
How to mitigate CVE-2023-39151
Install updates from vendor's website.
Jenkins - update to 2.416
Jenkins LTS - update to 2.401.3
IBM Automation Decision Services - update to 23.0.1 IF005
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.27, 23.0.1.5
Jenkins LTS - update to 2.401.3
IBM Automation Decision Services - update to 23.0.1 IF005
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.27, 23.0.1.5