CVE-2022-34173 Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Jenkins

What is CVE-2022-34173?

CVE-2022-34173 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 22 Jun 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

In Jenkins 2.340 through 2.355 (both inclusive) the tooltip of the build button in list views supports HTML without escaping the job display name, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Job/Configure permission.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34173?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core and jenkins. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34173?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to 2.356 or later.

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-2022-34173 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34173 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2017-1000353 Jenkins Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-5317 Jenkins User Interface (UI) Information Disclosure Exploited High 7.5
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-jenkins-2022-34173, GHSA-6g4r-q7qg-6qx6.