CVE-2018-1000170 Cross-site Scripting in Jenkins Core

What is CVE-2018-1000170?

CVE-2018-1000170 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 13 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.115 and older, LTS 2.107.1 and older, in confirmationList.jelly and stopButton.jelly that allows attackers with Job/Configure and/or Job/Create permission to create an item name containing JavaScript that would be executed in another user's browser when that other user performs some UI actions.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000170?

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-2018-1000170?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.107.2 or 2.116.

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-2018-1000170 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000170 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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Also known as GHSA-9jcv-v4jp-w3cq.