Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin 2.18 and earlier does not escape job names in a JavaScript expression used in the Pipeline Snippet Generator, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control job names.

Affected Packages

Maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-build-step

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 2.18.1)

Related CVEs

CVE-2023-25762

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-9j65-3f2q-8q2r

Published

February 15, 2023 3:30 PM

Last Modified

February 23, 2023 9:31 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Maven

Primary Package

org.jenkins-ci.plugins:pipeline-build-step

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: August 25, 2025 6:33 AM

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