CVE-2019-10403 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jenkins

What is CVE-2019-10403?

CVE-2019-10403 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 25 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Jenkins 2.196 and earlier, LTS 2.176.3 and earlier did not escape the SCM tag name on the tooltip for SCM tag actions, resulting in a stored XSS vulnerability exploitable by users able to control SCM tag names for these actions.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10403?

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-2019-10403?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.176.4 or 2.197.

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-2019-10403 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10403 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7cjc-xppr-xj6x.