CVE-2014-3681 Jenkins Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

What is CVE-2014-3681?

CVE-2014-3681 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 15 Oct 2014. It can be exploited over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.583 and LTS before 1.565.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3681?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core. It affects 2 products.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins, Redhat Openshift.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3681?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 1.565.3 or 1.583.

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-2014-3681 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3681 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-cwh9-f8m6-6r63.