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CVE-2017-2601

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-05-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Jenkins before versions 2.44, 2.32.2 is vulnerable to a persisted cross-site scripting in parameter names and descriptions (SECURITY-353). Users with the permission to configure jobs were able to inject JavaScript into parameter names and descriptions.

Affected products

• Jenkins: before 2.32.2; before 2.44 — fixed in 2.32.2, 2.44

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Jenkins 2.32.2, 2.44. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/12/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/22/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/30/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/19/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95960
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2601
• https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/fd2e081b947124c90bcd97bfc55e1a7f2ef41a74
• https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-02-01/
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/12/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/22/3

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