Stored cross-site scripting in Jenkins and Jenkins LTS - CVE-2023-43495
Published: September 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU80936
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-2023-43495
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 insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "caption" constructor parameter of ExpandableDetailsNote. 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-2023-43495
Install updates from vendor's website.
Jenkins - update to 2.424
Jenkins LTS - update to 2.414.2
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 2.414.2
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