Stored XSS vulnerability in Jenkins Checkmarx Plugin

published 2022-12-07 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-p86x-75j8-w4xh , EUVD-2022-7702

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins Checkmarx Plugin 2022.3.3 and earlier does not escape values returned from the Checkmarx service API before inserting them into HTML reports, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

maven com.checkmarx.jenkins:checkmarx 2022.4.3
jenkins checkmarx 2022.4.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-23)

Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% 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	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	com.checkmarx.jenkins:checkmarx	<2022.4.3	2022.4.3

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins Checkmarx Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2022-12-07/#SECURITY-2869
web, vendor-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46684
advisory
github.com /jenkinsci/checkmarx-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