CVE-2022-34189
Published: 23 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-34189 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Image Tag Parameter. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Jenkins Image Tag Parameter Plugin 1.10 and earlier contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability because the plugin fails to escape the name and description fields of Image Tag parameters when rendering parameter views. This affects Jenkins instances using the plugin for parameterized builds and 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 parameter name or description, which are then persisted and executed in the browsers of other users who view the parameter page, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality and integrity under a reflected cross-site scripting scenario.
The official Jenkins security advisory published on 2022-06-22 at https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-06-22/#SECURITY-2784 addresses the issue.
EPSS scores for this CVE rose from lower values to a peak of 0.2585 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current 0.1390, indicating that exploitation interest emerged after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-5959
Vulnerability details
Jenkins Image Tag Parameter Plugin 1.10 and earlier does not escape the name and description of Image Tag parameters on views displaying parameters, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Item/Configure permission.
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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.