CVE-2023-27898
CRITICALJenkins 2.270-2.393 and LTS 2.277.1-2.375.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Plugin Dependency Version Error Message
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-08/#SECURITY-3037
Scores
CVSS v3
9.6
EPSS
0.0238
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (3)
jenkins/jenkins
2.270 - 2.394
jenkins/jenkins
2.277.1 - 2.375.4
org.jenkins-ci.main/jenkins-core
2.376 - 2.394Maven
Published
Mar 10, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026