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Jenkins Advisory 2023-03-08: CVE-2023-27905: XSS vulnerability in update-center2

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Jenkins Advisory 2023-03-08: CVE-2023-27905: XSS vulnerability in update-center2

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 update-center2 3.13 and 3.14 renders the required Jenkins core version on plugin download index pages without sanitization, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide a plugin for hosting.

Solution(s)

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

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