CVE-2012-4440 Jenkins Violation Plugin allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

What is CVE-2012-4440?

CVE-2012-4440 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 18 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Jenkins main before 1.482 and LTS before 1.466.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the Violations plugin.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4440?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:violations. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4440?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:violations to 0.7.11 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2012-4440 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4440 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5qpv-27q3-6484.