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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 10:56

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Details

Jenkins LTS 2.277.1 through 2.375.3 (both inclusive) does not escape the Jenkins version a plugin depends on when rendering the error message stating its incompatibility with the current version of Jenkins, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide plugins to the configured update sites and have this message shown by Jenkins instances.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "jenkins",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/jenkins"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.270.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.394.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-27898"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
  "details": "Jenkins LTS 2.277.1 through 2.375.3 (both inclusive) does not escape the Jenkins version a plugin depends on when rendering the error message stating its incompatibility with the current version of Jenkins, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide plugins to the configured update sites and have this message shown by Jenkins instances.",
  "id": "BIT-jenkins-2023-27898",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T10:56:48.801Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-08/#SECURITY-3037"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27898"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0"
}

CVE-2023-27898 (GCVE-0-2023-27898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-08 17:14 – Updated: 2025-02-28 18:34

Summary

Jenkins 2.270 through 2.393 (both inclusive), LTS 2.277.1 through 2.375.3 (both inclusive) does not escape the Jenkins version a plugin depends on when rendering the error message stating its incompatibility with the current version of Jenkins, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide plugins to the configured update sites and have this message shown by Jenkins instances.

Severity

9.6 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-28 18:33 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

jenkins mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Jenkins Project	Jenkins	Affected: 2.270 , < 2.* (maven)

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              "x_transferred"
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            "url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-08/#SECURITY-3037"
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              "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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              "scope": "CHANGED",
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                "timestamp": "2025-02-28T18:33:39.047301Z",
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        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
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