Stored XSS vulnerability in Jenkins DotCi Plugin

published 2022-09-21 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-q9g4-9fx4-v533 , EUVD-2022-6911

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
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 DotCi Plugin 2.40.00 and earlier does not escape the GitHub user name parameter provided to commit notifications when displaying them in a build cause, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 17 mo ago (2025-05-28)

Exploit prediction

0.70% 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
CISA ADP	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	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	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.groupon.jenkins-ci.plugins:DotCi	<=2.40.00	no fix listed

Affected products

Jenkins project Jenkins DotCi Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2022-09-21/#SECURITY-2884
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41239
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/DotCi
package
plugins.jenkins.io /DotCi
web
jenkins.io /security/plugins/#suspensions
web

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