CVE-2022-43409 Stored XSS vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline: Supporting APIs Plugin

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Attackers with Pipeline creation rights can inject malicious scripts into build logs via unsanitized URLs, leading to stored XSS and potential session hijacking.

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

What is CVE-2022-43409?

CVE-2022-43409 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline: Supporting APIs Plugin, published on 19 Oct 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 Pipeline: Supporting APIs Plugin 838.va_3a_087b_4055b and earlier does not sanitize or properly encode URLs of hyperlinks sending POST requests in build logs, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to create Pipelines.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43409?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-support MavenAll versions839.v35e2736cfd5c
org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-support MavenAll versions839.v35e2736cfd5c

Products include Jenkins Pipeline\.

How do I fix CVE-2022-43409?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins.workflow:workflow-support to 839.v35e2736cfd5c 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-2022-43409 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43409 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-64r9-x74q-wxmh.

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