Jenkins OctoPerf Load Testing Plugin vulnerable to credential capture

published 2023-03-23 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-j9h4-p6p7-8652 , EUVD-2023-1334

cvss: 6.5; 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 43%
public exploits: 0; none known

Jenkins OctoPerf Load Testing Plugin Plugin 4.5.1 and earlier does not perform a permission check in a connection test HTTP endpoint, allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials IDs obtained through another method, capturing credentials stored in Jenkins.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

maven org.jenkinsci.plugins:octoperf 4.5.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 20 mo ago (2025-02-25)

Exploit prediction

0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
maven	org.jenkinsci.plugins:octoperf	<4.5.2	4.5.2

Affected products

Jenkins Project Jenkins OctoPerf Load Testing Plugin Plugin

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

jenkins.io /security/advisory/2023-03-21/#SECURITY-3067%20(2)
vendor-advisory, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28672
advisory

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