Passwords stored in plain text by Jenkins view-cloner Plugin

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2023-24450 · GHSA-6hw7-x86v-wrgf · Published 26/01/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-24450 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:view-cloner, view-cloner (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.60%, higher than 48.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:view-cloner Maven	`≤ 1.1`	No fix yet
view-cloner jenkins	`= 1.0= 1.1`	No fix yet

Description

Jenkins view-cloner Plugin 1.1 and earlier stores passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the Jenkins controller file system.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24450 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/view-cloner-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-01-24 · WEB

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