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CVE-2017-2601

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2601 is a persisted cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Jenkins versions prior to 2.44 and 2.32.2. This flaw allows authenticated users with job configuration permissions to inject malicious JavaScript into parameter names and descriptions. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and low privileges (PR:L) for exploitation, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.32.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
< 2.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 15,225 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.32.2
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.44
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: jenkins
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3Fixed in: jenkins

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-r69c-5j7c-vm6qmedium

Cross-site Scripting in Jenkins

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-2601Moderate

jenkins: Persisted cross-site scripting vulnerability in parameter names and descriptions (SECURITY-353)

Feb 1, 2017

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/fd2e081b947124c90bcd97bfc55e1a7f2ef41a74
PatchThird Party Advisory
jenkins.io / security/advisory/2017-02-01
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/04/12/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/05/17/8
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/06/22/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/06/30/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2022/10/19/3
securityfocus.com / bid/95960
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry