Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin 2.18 and earlier does not escape job names in a JavaScript expression used in the Pipeline Snippet Generator, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control job names.
CVE-2023-25762
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.4 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 81.4%, top 0% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 81%
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.4
- EG Score
- 5.4(medium)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 99.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 15, 2023
Last Modified
March 19, 2025
References (4)
- jenkinsci-cert@googlegroupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/15/4
- jenkinsci-cert@googlegroupshttps://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-02-15/#SECURITY-3019
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/15/4
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-02-15/#SECURITY-3019
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-25762(9)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:0775Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
- RHSA-2024:0778Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Jenkins and Jenkins-2-plugins security update
- RHSA-2024:0777Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
- RHSA-2024:0776Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: jenkins and jenkins-2-plugins security update
- RHSA-2023:7288Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Product OCP Tools 4.14 Openshift Jenkins security update
- RHSA-2023:6179Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Product OCP Tools 4.13 OpenShift Jenkins security update
- RHSA-2023:6172Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Product OCP Tools 4.12 Openshift Jenkins security update
- RHSA-2023:6171Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Product OCP Tools 4.11 Openshift Jenkins security update
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Patch Availability(12)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.11.1706516946-1.el8 | 2024-02-12 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.12.1706515741-1.el8 | 2024-02-12 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.13.1706516346-1.el8 | 2024-02-12 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.14.1706516441-1.el8 | 2024-02-12 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.14.1699356715-1.el8 | 2023-11-16 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.12.1698294000-1.el8 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.13.1698292274-1.el8 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.11.1698299029-1.el8 | 2023-10-30 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.13.1684911916-1.el8 | 2023-05-24 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.12.1683009955-1.el8 | 2023-05-18 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.11.1683009941-1.el8 | 2023-05-17 | redhat |
| redhat | jenkins-2-plugins-0:4.10.1681719745-1.el8 | 2023-04-26 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-build-step | 2.0 ... 2.9 (23 versions) | 2.18.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(3)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 19× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-22 23:07 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-05-25 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-25 06:41 UTCVendor advisory
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