Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-256.
Summary
Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin 1.11 and earlier stores SLM License Access Keys, client secrets, and passwords unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller, where they can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin | up to 1.11 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:soapui-pro-functional-testing (Maven) | up to 1.11 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-884f-p57j-f258 |
- Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 1.11 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:soapui-pro-functional-testing (Maven) Vendor— Affected up to 1.11 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-884f-p57j-f258
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin — Jenkins Security Advisory 2025-07-09
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-33581 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing PluginPriority LOW 20
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-53656
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-884f-p57j-f258
References
More Jenkins Readyapi Functional Testing vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-33581 Insufficiently protected credentials in Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-53656 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-53656 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-884f-p57j-f258 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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