CVE-2022-28145
Published: 29 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-28145 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Continuous Integration With Toad Edge. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Jenkins Continuous Integration with Toad Edge Plugin 2.3 and earlier is affected by a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin fails to apply Content-Security-Policy headers when serving report files, allowing injection of malicious scripts via CWE-79.
Attackers who possess Item/Configure permission or can otherwise control report contents are able to exploit the flaw. Successful exploitation results in execution of attacker-controlled scripts in the context of other users viewing the reports, with a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and limited impacts on confidentiality and integrity.
The EPSS score for this CVE rose sharply from a low baseline to a peak of 0.3160 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-2022-1361
Vulnerability details
Jenkins Continuous Integration with Toad Edge Plugin 2.3 and earlier does not apply Content-Security-Policy headers to report files it serves, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) exploitable by attackers with Item/Configure permission or otherwise able to control report contents.
- 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.