Missing permission check in Jenkins Favorite Plugin

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2017-1000243 · GHSA-268v-2qq7-84pf · Published 01/11/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-1000243 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:favorite, favorite plugin (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.64%, higher than 50.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.3.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:favorite Maven	`< 2.3.0`	`2.3.0`
favorite plugin jenkins	`≤ 2.1.4`	No fix yet

Description

Jenkins Favorite Plugin up to and including 2.1.0 does not perform permission checks when changing favorite status, allowing any user to set any other user's favorites

NVD description

Jenkins Favorite Plugin 2.1.4 and older does not perform permission checks when changing favorite status, allowing any user to set any other user's favorites

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000243 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/favorite-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-06-06 · WEB
securityfocus.com/bid/101946 · WEB
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2017-06-06 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:favorite

Maven

< 2.3.0

2.3.0

favorite plugin

jenkins

≤ 2.1.4

No fix yet

Description

Jenkins Favorite Plugin up to and including 2.1.0 does not perform permission checks when changing favorite status, allowing any user to set any other user's favorites

NVD description

Jenkins Favorite Plugin 2.1.4 and older does not perform permission checks when changing favorite status, allowing any user to set any other user's favorites

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