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CVE-2018-1999005 json

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jenkins

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-pgxv-h967-fw2q , EUVD-2022-4763

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Jenkins 2.132 and earlier, 2.121.1 and earlier in BuildTimelineWidget.java, BuildTimelineWidget/control.jelly that allows attackers with Job/Configure permission to define JavaScript that would be executed in another user's browser when that other user performs some UI actions.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 2.121.2, 2.132
  • jenkins Arch Linux 2.133-1

arch linux advisories AVG-738

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1999005 updated cvss 6.4

jenkins: Cross-site scripting in build timeline widget exploitable by users able to control item display names

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 jenkins
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
<2.121.2
>=2.122, <2.132
2.121.2
2.132

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
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References

Sources

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