TI-2013-04766 Aliases CVE-2013-5573 GHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default markup formatter in Jenkins 1.523…

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2013-12-31 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Partial · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default markup formatter in Jenkins 1.523 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field in the user configuration.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05406 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA

Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven)	up to 1.523	—	No fix listed	GHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 1.523 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:1.523:::::::*	1.523	Vulnerable	Jenkins

cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:1.523:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.523 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
OpenShift Enterprise 1	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
RHOSE Node 2.1	Fixed	—

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-5573
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5573

Other 4

TI-2024-15885 Path traversal in Jenkins KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-14573 Jenkins versions 2.56 and earlier as well as 2.46.1 LTS and earlier are vulnerable to an… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2015-04472 The Fingerprints pages in Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 might allow remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2016-07596 The remoting module in Jenkins before 2.32 and LTS before 2.19.3 allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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