CVE-2023-28672 Jenkins OctoPerf Load Testing Plugin vulnerable to credential capture

Medium 6.5 Published 23 Mar 2023 Updated 25 Feb 2025

Attackers with read permissions can bypass authorization to connect to arbitrary URLs and capture stored Jenkins credentials via the connection test endpoint.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2023-28672?

CVE-2023-28672 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Jenkins OctoPerf Load Testing Plugin Plugin, published on 23 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins OctoPerf Load Testing Plugin Plugin 4.5.1 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a connection test HTTP endpoint, allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28672?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkinsci.plugins:octoperf. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`org.jenkinsci.plugins:octoperf` Maven	All versions	`4.5.2`
`org.jenkinsci.plugins:octoperf` Maven	All versions	`4.5.2`

Products include Jenkins Octoperf Load Testing.

How do I fix CVE-2023-28672?

Upgrade org.jenkinsci.plugins:octoperf to 4.5.2 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2023-28672 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-28672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j9h4-p6p7-8652.