Jenkins Extra Columns Plugin allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

published 2017-02-09 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-mr4j-7jjv-24m7 , EUVD-2016-4156

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits: 0; none known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Extra Columns plugin before 1.17 in Jenkins allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by leveraging failure to filter tool tips through the configured markup formatter.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:extra-columns 1.17
jenkins extra_columns 1.17

github.com/jenkinsci/extra-columns-plugin@028ee0b commit

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-3101 updated 2026-05-13 cvss 6.4

jenkins: Stored XSS vulnerability in Extra Columns Plugin (SECURITY-136)

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 jenkins Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 jenkins
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkins-ci.plugins:extra-columns	<1.17	1.17

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /jenkinsci/extra-columns-plugin/commit/028ee0b324299271e7c244f8cb5cc9c4a87c72cf
web
wiki.jenkins-ci.org /display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2016-04-11
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3101
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/extra-columns-plugin
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-3101
GitHub Advisory GHSA-mr4j-7jjv-24m7
NVD CVE-2016-3101

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Summary