Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS)

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2023-28678 · GHSA-j927-269r-96xw · Published 02/04/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-28678 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cppcheck, cppcheck (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.46%, higher than 39.6% 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:cppcheck Maven	`≤ 1.26`	No fix yet
cppcheck jenkins	`≤ 1.26`	No fix yet

Description

Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin 1.26 and earlier does not escape file names from Cppcheck report files before showing them on the Jenkins UI.

This results in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control report file contents.

NVD description

Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin 1.26 and earlier does not escape file names from Cppcheck report files before showing them on the Jenkins UI, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control report file contents.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28678 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/cppcheck-plugin · PACKAGE
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-21 · WEB

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