CVE-2022-34778
Published: 30 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-34778 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Testng Results. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Jenkins TestNG Results Plugin versions 554.va4a552116332 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from the plugin rendering unescaped test descriptions and exception messages supplied in test results whenever certain job-level options are enabled. This issue is tracked under CWE-79 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4.
Attackers able to configure Jenkins jobs or supply malicious test result content can inject arbitrary script into pages viewed by other users, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality and integrity within the Jenkins context.
The Jenkins security advisory published on 2022-06-30 details the flaw under SECURITY-2788 and directs administrators to update the plugin to a corrected release.
EPSS for the CVE reached a peak of 0.1425 after disclosure before receding to its current value of 0.0863.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-6292
Vulnerability details
Jenkins TestNG Results Plugin 554.va4a552116332 and earlier renders the unescaped test descriptions and exception messages provided in test results if certain job-level options are set, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to configure jobs or…
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control test results.
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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.