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TI-2018-06292 Aliases CVE-2018-8718GHSA-6g57-h38c-q52g

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Mailer Plugin 1.20 for Jenkins…

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Mailer Plugin 1.20 for Jenkins 2.111 allows remote authenticated users to send unauthorized mail as an arbitrary user via a /descriptorByName/hudson.tasks.Mailer/sendTestMail request.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06516 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Partial org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mailer (Maven): 1.21Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mailer (Maven)before 1.211.21Patch availableGHSA-6g57-h38c-q52g
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mailer (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 1.21 Fixed in 1.21 Patch available GHSA-6g57-h38c-q52g

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:mailer:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 1.20VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:mailer:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 1.20 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-6g57-h38c-q52g org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mailer (Maven) Fixed in 1.21 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3AffectedNo fix yet

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-8718
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6g57-h38c-q52g

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

Other 3

  • TI-2020-02129 Improper certificate validation in Jenkins Mailer Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2022-05173 Missing authorization in Jenkins Mailer Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2022-05172 Cross-site request forgery in Jenkins Mailer Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2017-01901 Information disclosure in jenkins-mailer-plugin CVSS 3.0LOW 3.7

Sources

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