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Low Public exploit CVE-2013-5573 EUVD-2013-5413GHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv

Jenkins allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in User Configuration

Published Dec 31, 2013 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core Ecosystem: Maven

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default markup formatter in Jenkins 1.523 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field in the user configuration.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat OpenShift 2 jenkins 1.565.3-1.el6op RHBA-2014:1630
Red Hat OpenShift 2 jenkins-plugin-openshift 0.6.40.1-0.el6op RHBA-2014:1630
Red Hat OpenShift 2 openshift-origin-cartridge-jenkins 1.20.3.5-1.el6op RHBA-2014:1630

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core <= 1.523 — GHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv

Advisories 1

References