# CVE-2019-10408: Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

> Attackers can force project generation from templates via CSRF, requiring Jenkins administrators to update the Project Inheritance Plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Sep 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xc7q-p3f4-q389

## What is CVE-2019-10408?

CVE-2019-10408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin, published on 25 Sep 2019. 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

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin 2.0.0 and earlier allowed attackers to trigger project generation from templates.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-10408?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including hudson.plugins:project-inheritance. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `hudson.plugins:project-inheritance` | Maven | All versions | 19.08.2 |
| `hudson.plugins:project-inheritance` | Maven | All versions | 19.08.2 |

Products: Jenkins Project Inheritance.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-10408?

Upgrade hudson.plugins:project-inheritance to 19.08.2 or later.

## Is CVE-2019-10408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin

- [CVE-2020-2198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2198/): Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2019-10407](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10407/): Project Inheritance Plugin showed secret environment variables defined in Mask Passwords Plugin (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-34787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34787/): Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin vulnerable to cross site scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2020-2197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-2197/): Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2019-10409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10409/): Missing permission check in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-10408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-10408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Project Inheritance Plugin, published on 25 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-10408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- hudson.plugins:project-inheritance (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 19.08.2
- hudson.plugins:project-inheritance (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 19.08.2

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10408/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10408

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.