# CVE-2022-46686: Jenkins Custom Build Properties Plugin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

> Stored XSS in Jenkins Custom Build Properties Plugin allows attackers to inject scripts via property values or build names, potentially compromising 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:** 7 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 23 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5g2c-j6v9-vf94

## What is CVE-2022-46686?

CVE-2022-46686 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Custom Build Properties Plugin, published on 7 Dec 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 Custom Build Properties Plugin 2.79.vc095ccc85094 and earlier does not escape property values and build display names on the Custom Build Properties and Build Summary pages, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to set or change these values.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46686?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including io.jenkins.plugins:custom-build-properties. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `io.jenkins.plugins:custom-build-properties` | Maven | All versions | 2.82.v16d5b |
| `io.jenkins.plugins:custom-build-properties` | Maven | All versions | 2.82.v16d5b |

Products: Jenkins Custom Build Properties.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-46686?

Upgrade io.jenkins.plugins:custom-build-properties to 2.82.v16d5b or later.

## Is CVE-2022-46686 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-46686 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-46686 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Custom Build Properties Plugin, published on 7 Dec 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-2022-46686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- io.jenkins.plugins:custom-build-properties (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 2.82.v16d5b
- io.jenkins.plugins:custom-build-properties (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 2.82.v16d5b

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-2022-46686/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46686/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46686
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46686
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46686

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46686/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.