# CVE-2025-53651: Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin vulnerability displays controller file system information in its logs

> Attackers can view absolute file system paths in build logs, exposing internal Jenkins controller structure.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-367v-5ppj-2hrx

## What is CVE-2025-53651?

CVE-2025-53651 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin, published on 9 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin 425 and earlier displays log messages that include the absolute paths of files archived during the Publish HTML reports post-build step, exposing information about the Jenkins controller file system in the build log.

Weakness: CWE-36 (Absolute Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53651?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher` | Maven | All versions | 427 |
| `org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher` | Maven | All versions | 427 |

Products: Jenkins Html Publisher.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-53651?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher to 427 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-53651 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53651 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin

- [CVE-2026-42524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42524/): Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin has a XSS vulnerability in the legacy wrapper file (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2024-28149](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28149/): Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin does not properly sanitize input (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-1000175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1000175/): Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin path traversal vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2019-10432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10432/): Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-28150](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28150/): Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin Stored XSS vulnerability (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53651 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-53651 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin, published on 9 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53651 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 427
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher (Maven): affected all versions; fixed in 427

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-2025-53651/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53651/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53651
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53651
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53651

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53651/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.