Medium

Reflected XSS vulnerability in Jenkins markup formatter preview

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

Jenkins allows administrators to choose the markup formatter to use for descriptions of jobs, builds, views, etc. displayed in Jenkins. When editing such a description, users can choose to have Jenkins render a formatted preview of the description they entered.

Jenkins 2.274 and earlier, LTS 2.263.1 and earlier does not implement any restrictions for the URL rendering the formatted preview of markup passed as a query parameter. This results in a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability if the configured markup formatter does not prohibit unsafe elements (JavaScript) in markup, like Anything Goes Formatter Plugin.

Jenkins 2.275, LTS 2.263.2 requires that preview URLs are accessed using POST and sets Content-Security-Policy headers that prevent execution of unsafe elements when the URL is accessed directly.

In case of problems with this change, these protections can be disabled by setting the Java system properties hudson.markup.MarkupFormatter.previewsAllowGET to true and/or hudson.markup.MarkupFormatter.previewsSetCSP to false. Doing either is discouraged.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core < 2.263.2, >= 2.264, < 2.275 2.263.2, 2.275

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-7qf3-c2q8-69m3 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (259) in the archive
Total entries
259
First → latest
01.2022 06.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
4

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 19
  • High 62
  • Medium 158
  • Low 20

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 213
  2. 2023: 14
  3. 2024: 6
  4. 2025: 14
  5. 2026: 12
Severity:
  1. High · 8.0 CVE-2026-53441 >= 2.483, < 2.568 2.568
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-33002 >= 2.442, < 2.555 2.555
  3. High · 8.0 CVE-2026-27099 >= 2.542, < 2.551, >= 2.483, < 2.541.2 2.551, 2.541.2
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-67635 >= 2.529, < 2.541, < 2.528.3 2.541, 2.528.3
  5. High · 9.0 CVE-2024-43044 < 2.452.4, >= 2.460, < 2.462.1, >= 2.470, < 2.471 2.452.4, 2.462.1, 2.471
  6. Critical · 9.8 Exploited in attacks CVE-2024-23897 >= 1.606, < 2.426.3, >= 2.427, < 2.440.1, >= 2.441, < 2.442 2.426.3, 2.440.1, 2.442
  7. High · 8.8 CVE-2024-23898 >= 2.217, < 2.426.3, >= 2.427, < 2.442, = 2.441 2.426.3, 2.442
  8. High · 7.0 CVE-2023-43496 >= 2.50, < 2.414.2, >= 2.415, < 2.424 2.414.2, 2.424
  9. High · 8.0 CVE-2023-43495 >= 2.50, < 2.414.2, >= 2.415, < 2.424 2.414.2, 2.424
  10. High · 8.0 CVE-2023-39151 >= 2.402, < 2.414.1, < 2.401.3, >= 2.415, < 2.416 2.414.1, 2.401.3, 2.416
  11. High · 8.0 CVE-2023-35141 < 2.400 2.400
  12. High · 8.8 CVE-2023-27898 >= 2.376, < 2.394, < 2.375.4 2.394, 2.375.4
  13. High · 7.0 CVE-2023-27899 >= 2.376, < 2.387.1, < 2.375.4, >= 2.388, < 2.394 2.387.1, 2.375.4, 2.394
  14. High · 7.5 CVE-2023-27901 >= 2.388, < 2.394, < 2.375.4, >= 2.376, < 2.387.1 2.394, 2.375.4, 2.387.1
  15. High · 8.0 CVE-2022-41224 >= 2.367, < 2.370 2.370
  16. High · 8.0 CVE-2022-34170 >= 2.350, < 2.356, >= 2.320, < 2.332.4, >= 2.346, < 2.346.1 2.356, 2.332.4, 2.346.1
  17. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-34175 >= 2.335, < 2.356 2.356
  18. High · 8.0 CVE-2022-34173 >= 2.340, < 2.356 2.356
  19. High · 8.0 CVE-2022-34172 >= 2.340, < 2.356, >= 2.332, < 2.332.4 2.356, 2.332.4
  20. High · 8.0 CVE-2022-34171 >= 2.350, < 2.356, >= 2.346, < 2.346.1, < 2.332.4 2.356, 2.346.1, 2.332.4
  21. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21686 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  22. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21685 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  23. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21689 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  24. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21690 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  25. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21692 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  26. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21693 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  27. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21694 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  28. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21688 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  29. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21691 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  30. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21687 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  31. Critical · 9.1 CVE-2021-21697 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  32. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2021-21695 < 2.303.3, >= 2.304, < 2.319 2.303.3, 2.319
  33. High · 7.5 CVE-2021-21671 >= 2.292, < 2.300, < 2.289.2 2.300, 2.289.2
  34. High · 8.0 CVE-2021-21605 < 2.263.2, >= 2.264, < 2.275 2.263.2, 2.275
  35. Reflected XSS vulnerability in Jenkins markup formatter preview this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2021-21610 < 2.263.2, >= 2.264, < 2.275 2.263.2, 2.275
  36. High · 8.0 CVE-2021-21604 < 2.263.2, >= 2.264, < 2.275 2.263.2, 2.275
  37. High · 8.0 CVE-2020-2230 < 2.235.4, >= 2.236, < 2.252 2.235.4, 2.252
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