CVE-2023-32977 — Jenkins Pipeline: Job Plugin does not escape the display name of the build that

Jenkins Pipeline: Job Plugin does not escape the display name of the build that caused an earlier build to be aborted, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to set build display names immediately.

01What is this vulnerability?

Jenkins Pipeline: Job Plugin does not escape the display name of the build that caused an earlier build to be aborted, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to set build display names immediately.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Jenkins Project	Jenkins Pipeline: Job Plugin	1295.v395eb_7400005, 1289.1291.vb_7c188e7e7df, 1207.1209.v69351208a_5a_7

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-05-16T15:59:58.835Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-23T16:06:00.914Z

09References

• www.jenkins.io — https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/#SECURITY-3042