CVE-2023-25762 Cross-site Scripting in Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin

What is CVE-2023-25762?

CVE-2023-25762 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin, published on 15 Feb 2023. 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: Build Step Plugin 2.18 and earlier does not escape job names in a JavaScript expression used in the Pipeline Snippet Generator, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control job names.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25762?

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

Products include Jenkins Pipeline\.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25762?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-build-step to 2.18.1 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-2023-25762 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin

• CVE-2019-1003030 Jenkins Matrix Project Plugin Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.9
• CVE-2022-43402 Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin allows sandbox protection bypass and arbitrary code execution Critical 9.9
• CVE-2019-1003041 Sandbox bypass vulnerability in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-43407 CSRF protection for any URL can be bypassed in Jenkins Pipeline: Input Step Plugin High 8.8
• CVE-2022-25173 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in Jenkins Pipeline: Groovy Plugin High 8.8

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-9j65-3f2q-8q2r.