CVE-2021-21611

jenkins: Stored XSS vulnerability on new item page

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Jenkins versiones 2.274 y anteriores, LTS 2.263.1 y anteriores, no escapan los nombres a mostrar y los ID de los tipos de elementos que se muestran en la página New Item, resultando en una vulnerabilidad de tipo cross-site scripting (XSS) almacenado explotable por unos atacantes capaces de especificar nombres a mostrar o ID de tipos de elementos.

A flaw was found in jenkins. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is possible due to display names and IDs of item types shown on the New Item page not being properly escaped. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-04 CVE Reserved
2021-01-13 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-01-13/#SECURITY-2171	2023-11-02
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21611	2021-03-03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1925145	2021-03-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins"		Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins"				<= 2.263.1 Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins" and version " <= 2.263.1"		lts		Affected
Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins"		Jenkins Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins"				<= 2.274 Search vendor "Jenkins" for product "Jenkins" and version " <= 2.274"		-		Affected