CVE-2022-29049 Promotion names in Jenkins promoted builds Plugin are not validated when using Job DSL

What is CVE-2022-29049?

CVE-2022-29049 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins promoted builds Plugin, published on 12 Apr 2022. 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 promoted builds Plugin 873.v6149db_d64130 and earlier, except 3.10.1, does not validate the names of promotions defined in Job DSL, allowing attackers with Job/Configure permission to create a promotion with an unsafe name.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29049?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:promoted-builds. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Promoted Builds.

How do I fix CVE-2022-29049?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:promoted-builds to a fixed version for your release line: 3.10.1 or 876.v99d29788b.

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-2022-29049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins promoted builds Plugin

• CVE-2022-30965 Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities in Jenkins promoted Builds (Simple) plugin providing additional parameter types Medium 5.4
• CVE-2022-29045 Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Promoted Builds Plugin Medium 5.4
• CVE-2021-21641 CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins promoted builds Plugin Medium 4.3
• CVE-2018-1000114 Jenkins Promoted Builds Plugin allowed unauthorized users to run some promotion processes Medium 4.3

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-jmxr-w2jc-qp7w.