Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin path traversal vulnerability

published 2018-05-08 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also GHSA-4x63-3p7q-xmh7 , EUVD-2022-2469

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.7%; EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

A path traversal vulnerability exists in Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin 1.15 and older in HtmlPublisherTarget.java that allows attackers able to configure the HTML Publisher build step to override arbitrary files on the Jenkins master.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher 1.16

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Exploit prediction

2.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher	<1.16	1.16

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2018-04-16/
vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000175
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/htmlpublisher-plugin
package
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2018-04-16
web

Sources

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