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CVE-2021-21638

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21638 is a critical cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting Jenkins Team Foundation Server Plugin versions 5.157.1 and earlier. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trick a legitimate user into making a request that connects to an attacker-controlled URL using credentials already stored within Jenkins, leading to the capture of those credentials. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.157.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:team_foundation_server:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-263q-5pj7-j6hjhigh

CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins Team Foundation Server Plugin allow capturing credentials

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2021-03-30
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/03/30/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory