CVE-2017-17383 Cross-site Scripting in Jenkins Core

What is CVE-2017-17383?

CVE-2017-17383 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 6 Dec 2017. 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

Jenkins through 2.93 allows remote authenticated administrators to conduct XSS attacks via a crafted tool name in a job configuration form, as demonstrated by the JDK tool in Jenkins core and the Ant tool in the Ant plugin, aka SECURITY-624.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17383?

2 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-2017-17383?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to 2.94 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-2017-17383 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2018-1000016, GHSA-x3rc-cxv7-6xp6.