CVE-2023-27898
Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Jenkins
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.4%
Description
Jenkins 2.270 through 2.393 (both inclusive), LTS 2.277.1 through 2.375.3 (both inclusive) does not escape the Jenkins version a plugin depends on when rendering the error message stating its incompatibility with the current version of Jenkins, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide plugins to the configured update sites and have this message shown by Jenkins instances.
How to fix CVE-2023-27898
To remediate CVE-2023-27898, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.394.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.394 or later
Is CVE-2023-27898 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2.270.0, < 2.394.0
- >= 2.376, < 2.394
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |