CVE-2019-16551 Cross-Site Request Forgery in Jenkins Gerrit Trigger Plugin

High 8.8 Published 17 Dec 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can force Jenkins to connect to malicious servers using attacker-controlled credentials via CSRF in the Gerrit Trigger Plugin.

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

What is CVE-2019-16551?

CVE-2019-16551 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Gerrit Trigger Plugin, published on 17 Dec 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 Gerrit Trigger Plugin 2.30.1 and earlier allows attackers to connect to an attacker-specified HTTP URL or SSH server using attacker-specified credentials.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16551?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including com.sonyericsson.hudson.plugins.gerrit:gerrit-trigger. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`com.sonyericsson.hudson.plugins.gerrit:gerrit-trigger` Maven	All versions	`2.30.2`
`com.sonyericsson.hudson.plugins.gerrit:gerrit-trigger` Maven	All versions	`2.30.2`

Products include Jenkins Gerrit Trigger.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16551?

Upgrade com.sonyericsson.hudson.plugins.gerrit:gerrit-trigger to 2.30.2 or later.

Is CVE-2019-16551 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16551 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vmvp-2hhx-rgm8.