CVE-2022-45401
Published: 15 November 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-45401 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Jenkins Associated Files. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The vulnerability CVE-2022-45401 is a stored cross-site scripting flaw affecting the Jenkins Associated Files Plugin in versions 0.2.1 and earlier. It stems from the plugin's failure to escape names of associated files, corresponding to CWE-79, and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4.
Attackers with Item/Configure permission can exploit the issue to inject persistent scripts that execute when other users interact with the affected Jenkins items, resulting in limited confidentiality and integrity impacts within a changed scope.
Public advisories published on 2022-11-15, including the Jenkins security advisory at https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2022-11-15/#SECURITY-2947 and the associated Openwall disclosure, document the vulnerability and its remediation path. The EPSS score remains low with only minor movement between its recorded peak and current values.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-7311
Vulnerability details
Jenkins Associated Files Plugin 0.2.1 and earlier does not escape names of associated files, 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.