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CVE-2012-4440
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Jenkins main before 1.482 and LTS before 1.466.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…
Medium6.1EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Jenkins main before 1.482 and LTS before 1.466.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML in the Violations plugin.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- Cross-Site Scripting
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
jenkins · jenkins
- affected 2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:violationsGHSA-5qpv-27q3-6484 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4440 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/21/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cloudbees.com/jenkins-security-advisory-2012-09-17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5qpv-27q3-6484 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .