CVE-2022-36905
Published: 27 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-36905 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Maven Metadata. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 31.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-6289
Vulnerability details
Jenkins Maven Metadata Plugin for Jenkins CI server Plugin 2.2 and earlier does not perform URL validation for the Repository Base URL of List maven artifact versions parameters, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with…
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Item/Configure 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.