CVE-2022-27200
Published: 15 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-27200 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Folder-Based Authorization Strategy. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 43.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Jenkins Folder-based Authorization Strategy Plugin 1.3 and earlier is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability because the plugin does not escape the names of roles displayed on the configuration form. The issue is tracked as CVE-2022-27200 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.8 and is classified under CWE-79.
Attackers who already possess Overall/Administer permission can supply crafted role names that are persisted and later rendered for other users, allowing execution of arbitrary script code in the context of those users' sessions.
The Jenkins security advisory published on 2022-03-15 and the corresponding oss-security postings describe the flaw and direct administrators to updated plugin releases. EPSS for this CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0529 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.0021, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-1405
Vulnerability details
Jenkins Folder-based Authorization Strategy Plugin 1.3 and earlier does not escape the names of roles shown on the configuration form, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Overall/Administer permission.
- 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.