SCA: security update for org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (GHSA-mj7q-cmf3-mg7h)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416996

Description

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

- Jenkins 2.274 and earlier, LTS 2.263.1 and earlier does not escape display names and IDs of item types
shown on the New Item page, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by
attackers able to specify display names or IDs of item types. (CVE-2021-21611)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj7q-cmf3-mg7h

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416996

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/19/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21611

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: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21611

cwe: CWE-79