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Jenkins Advisory 2023-03-08: CVE-2023-27898: XSS vulnerability in plugin manager

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Jenkins Advisory 2023-03-08: CVE-2023-27898: XSS vulnerability in plugin manager

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/09/2023
Created
03/10/2023
Added
03/09/2023
Modified
05/29/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • jenkins-lts-upgrade-2_375_4
  • jenkins-upgrade-2_394

References

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