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CVE-2023-40346

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40346 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Jenkins Shortcut Job Plugin versions 0.4 and earlier. Attackers with the ability to configure shortcut jobs can exploit this by injecting malicious scripts into the shortcut redirection URL, which is not properly escaped. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability requires user interaction and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei available, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:shortcut_job:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 15,239 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

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 (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: io.jenkins.plugins:shortcut-jobFixed in: 0.5
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-jg35-vf67-gg2jhigh

Jenkins Shortcut Job Plugin stored cross-site scripting vulnerability

Aug 16, 2023

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2023-08-16
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/08/16/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory