Stored cross-site scripting in Jenkins Docker Swarm plugin

1) Stored cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU79918

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40350

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not escape values returned from Docker before inserting them into the Docker Swarm Dashboard view. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Docker Swarm: 1.0 - 1.11

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:docker_swarm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:docker_swarm:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:docker_swarm:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-08-16/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.