CVE-2022-41229
Published: 21 September 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-41229 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Ns-Nd Integration Performance Publisher. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 7.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) affecting the Jenkins NS-ND Integration Performance Publisher Plugin in versions 4.8.0.134 and earlier. It arises because the plugin fails to escape configuration options for the Execute NetStorm/NetCloud Test build step, as reflected in its CVSS 5.4 rating (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
Attackers holding Item/Configure permission can supply malicious values in those options to persist executable scripts in job configurations. When other users subsequently view or interact with the affected build step, the scripts execute in their browsers, enabling limited impacts on confidentiality and integrity within the Jenkins instance.
The Jenkins security advisory published on 2022-09-21 at https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-09-21/#SECURITY-2858 documents the issue and associated remediation steps. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at a peak and current value of 0.0949 with no material increase after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-6806
Vulnerability details
Jenkins NS-ND Integration Performance Publisher Plugin 4.8.0.134 and earlier does not escape configuration options of the Execute NetStorm/NetCloud Test build step, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with 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.