Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin 2.18 and earlier does not escape job names in a JavaScript expression used in the Pipeline Snippet…

Description

Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin 2.18 and earlier does not escape job names in a JavaScript expression used in the Pipeline Snippet Generator, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control job names.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

82.1% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Jenkins Project · Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin

  • affected unspecified – ≤ 2.18

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-build-stepGHSA-9j65-3f2q-8q2r (opens in a new tab)

References (2)

• https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-02-15/#SECURITY-3019 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• [oss-security] 20230215 Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins plugins (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_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-9j65-3f2q-8q2r (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 19 Mar 2025, 18:48 UTC.