Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2021 · Assigned by jenkins

CVE-2021-21611

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Jenkins from Jenkins project. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 35.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Jenkins 2.274 and earlier, LTS 2.263.1 and earlier does not escape display names and IDs of item types shown on the New Item page, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to specify display names or IDs of item types.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20jenkins2.275-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21611
Alpine:v3.21jenkins2.275-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21611
Alpine:v3.22jenkins2.275-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21611
Alpine:v3.23jenkins2.275-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21611
Alpine:v3.24jenkins2.275-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-21611
Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core2.263.2GHSA-mj7q-cmf3-mg7h
Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core2.275GHSA-mj7q-cmf3-mg7h

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Jenkins project Jenkins unspecified – through 2.274unspecified – through LTS 2.263.1

References