Jenkins Publisher Over CIFS Plugin confused deputy vulnerability

MEDIUM 4.2CVE-2018-1999038 · GHSA-rf7h-9m85-535v · Published 01/08/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-1999038 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.2) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:publish-over-cifs, publish over cifs (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.48%, higher than 41.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.11 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:publish-over-cifs Maven	`< 0.11`	`0.11`
publish over cifs jenkins	`≤ 0.10`	No fix yet

Description

A confused deputy vulnerability exists in Jenkins Publisher Over CIFS Plugin 0.10 and earlier in CifsPublisherPluginDescriptor.java that allows attackers to have Jenkins connect to an attacker specified CIFS server with attacker specified credentials. Additionally, this form validation method did not require POST requests, resulting in a CSRF vulnerability. As of version 0.11, this form validation method requires POST requests and Overall/Administer permissions.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1999038 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/publish-over-cifs-plugin commit 9402d8c · WEB
jenkinsci/publish-over-cifs-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-07-30 · WEB

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.jenkins-ci.plugins:publish-over-cifs

Maven

< 0.11

0.11

publish over cifs

jenkins

≤ 0.10

No fix yet

Description

NVD description