CVE-2016-4988

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Build Failure Analyzer plugin before 1.16.0 in Jenkins allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an unspecified parameter.

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin: before 1.16.0 — fixed in 1.16.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Jenkins project Jenkins Build Failure Analyzer Plugin 1.16.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-06-20
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2016-06-20/
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-06-20

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