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TI-2021-04729 Aliases CVE-2021-21649GHSA-jwhm-9cjm-4493

Cross-site scripting in Jenkins Dashboard View Plugin

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Jenkins Dashboard View Plugin 2.15 and earlier does not escape URLs referenced in Image Dashboard Portlets, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with View/Configure permission.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.72678 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Jenkins Dashboard View Plugin (Jenkins project): 2.12.1org.jenkins-ci.plugins:dashboard-view (Maven): 2.16, 2.12.1

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins Dashboard View Pluginup to 2.152.12.1Patch availableCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:dashboard-view (Maven)2.13 to before 2.162.16Patch availableGHSA-jwhm-9cjm-4493
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:dashboard-view (Maven)before 2.12.12.12.1Patch availableGHSA-jwhm-9cjm-4493
  • Jenkins Dashboard View Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 2.15 Fixed in 2.12.1 Patch available CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:dashboard-view (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.13 to before 2.16 Fixed in 2.16 Patch available GHSA-jwhm-9cjm-4493
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:dashboard-view (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.12.1 Fixed in 2.12.1 Patch available GHSA-jwhm-9cjm-4493

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:dashboard_view:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 2.15VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:dashboard_view:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 2.15 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Jenkins Dashboard View Plugin (Jenkins project) Fixed in 2.12.1
  • Fix · GHSA-jwhm-9cjm-4493 org.jenkins-ci.plugins:dashboard-view (Maven) Fixed in 2.16 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-jwhm-9cjm-4493 org.jenkins-ci.plugins:dashboard-view (Maven) Fixed in 2.12.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21649
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jwhm-9cjm-4493

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2022-10319 Cross-site scripting in Jenkins Dashboard View Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2019-07705 Cross-site scripting in Jenkins Dashboard View Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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