# CVE-2022-41225: Jenkins Anchore Container Image Scanner Plugin vulnerable to cross site scripting

> Stored XSS in Jenkins Anchore plugin allows attackers controlling API responses to execute scripts in user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 28 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f2j5-w76m-3rqh

## What is CVE-2022-41225?

CVE-2022-41225 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Anchore Container Image Scanner Plugin, published on 21 Sep 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 Anchore Container Image Scanner Plugin 1.0.24 and earlier does not escape content provided by the Anchore engine API, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control API responses by Anchore engine.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41225?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:anchore-container-scanner. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:anchore-container-scanner` | Maven | All versions | 1.0.25 |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:anchore-container-scanner` | Maven | All versions | 1.0.25 |

Products: Jenkins Anchore Container Image Scanner.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-41225?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:anchore-container-scanner to 1.0.25 or later.

## Is CVE-2022-41225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Anchore Container Image Scanner Plugin

- [CVE-2019-16542](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16542/): Jenkins Anchore Container Scanner Plugin vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-41225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-41225 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Anchore Container Image Scanner Plugin, published on 21 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:anchore-container-scanner (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.0.25
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:anchore-container-scanner (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 1.0.25

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-2022-41225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41225

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.