SCA: security update for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:email-ext (GHSA-p2fr-mq9m-6w6p)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421730

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.93 and earlier does not escape, sanitize, or sandbox rendered email
template output or log output generated during template rendering, resulting in a stored cross-site
scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to create or change custom email templates.
(CVE-2023-25764)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2fr-mq9m-6w6p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 421730

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.14

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25764

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25764

cwe: CWE-79