CVE-2022-27196
Published: 15 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-27196 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Favorite. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 33.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Jenkins Favorite Plugin 2.4.0 and earlier is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability because the plugin does not escape job names displayed in the favorite column. The issue is tracked as CVE-2022-27196 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4 and is classified under CWE-79.
Attackers who possess Item/Configure or Item/Create permissions can supply a malicious job name that is persisted and later rendered for other users, allowing execution of arbitrary script in the context of the Jenkins controller.
The Jenkins security advisory published on 2022-03-15 and the accompanying Openwall disclosure recommend upgrading the Favorite Plugin to a version that properly escapes job names in the affected column.
The EPSS score for CVE-2022-27196 rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1997 before receding to its current value of 0.0014, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-1372
Vulnerability details
Jenkins Favorite Plugin 2.4.0 and earlier does not escape the names of jobs in the favorite column, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Item/Configure or Item/Create permissions.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.