Jenkins JaCoCo Plugin vulnerable to Stored Cross-site Scripting

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2023-28669 · GHSA-xj29-gfww-j67g · Published 02/04/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-28669 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:jacoco, jacoco (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.56%, higher than 46.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.3.2.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:jacoco Maven	`< 3.3.2.1`	`3.3.2.1`
jacoco jenkins	`≤ 3.3.2`	No fix yet

Description

Jenkins JaCoCo Plugin 3.3.2 and earlier does not escape class and method names shown on the UI, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control input files for the 'Record JaCoCo coverage report' post-build action. Version 3.3.2.1 escapes class and method names shown on the UI.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28669 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/jacoco-plugin commit 96386f9 · WEB
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-21 · WEB

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