CVE-2015-7536 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jenkins

What is CVE-2015-7536?

CVE-2015-7536 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 3 Feb 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it 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 1.640 and LTS before 1.625.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to workspaces and archived artifacts.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-7536?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7536?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 1.625.2 or 1.640.

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-2015-7536 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-7536 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-x3p3-929j-pq66.