Cross-site Scripting in Jenkins Job Configuration History Plugin

published 2022-08-23 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-28w4-h56g-grg7 , EUVD-2022-6457

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Job Configuration History Plugin 1165.v8cc9fd1f4597 and earlier does not escape the job name on the System Configuration History page, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to configure job names.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:jobConfigHistory 1166.vc9f255f45b

github.com/jenkinsci/job-config-history-plugin@c9f255f commit

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% 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
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:jobConfigHistory	<1166.vc9f255f45b	1166.vc9f255f45b

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins Job Configuration History Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /jenkinsci/job-config-history-plugin/commit/c9f255f45b8a6ed008d66be094526adfd80ca035
web
jenkins.io /security/advisory/2022-08-23/#SECURITY-2765
web, vendor-advisory
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2022/08/23/2
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38664
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/job-config-history-plugin
package

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary