CVE-2022-29041
Published: 12 April 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-29041 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Jira. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 44.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Jenkins Jira Plugin versions 3.7 and earlier, except 3.6.1, contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability because the plugin fails to escape the name and description fields of Jira Issue and Jira Release Version parameters when rendering views that display build parameters. The affected component is the Jenkins Jira Plugin, which integrates Jira issue tracking into Jenkins jobs and pipelines. This issue is tracked as CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4.
Attackers who possess Item/Configure permission on a Jenkins item can supply malicious payloads in the affected parameter fields. Once saved, the payloads execute in the browsers of other users who view the parameter pages, enabling theft of session tokens or other client-side actions within the Jenkins context.
The official Jenkins security advisory published on 2022-04-12 details the issue under SECURITY-2617 and provides guidance for affected administrators.
The EPSS score for this CVE rose materially from a low baseline to a peak of 0.2713 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current value of 0.0022, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-1779
Vulnerability details
Jenkins Jira Plugin 3.7 and earlier, except 3.6.1, does not escape the name and description of Jira Issue and Jira Release Version parameters on views displaying parameters, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Item/Configure…
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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.