What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-41240?

CVE-2022-41240 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.5%.

Walti CVE-2022-41240

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2022-09-21 jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com

XSS Jenkins Walti

5.4

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.4 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 21, 2022 - 16:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionNVD

Jenkins Walti Plugin 1.0.1 and earlier does not escape the information provided by the Walti API, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide malicious API responses from Walti.

AnalysisAI

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Jenkins Walti Plugin 1.0.1 and earlier does not escape the information provided by the Walti API, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide malicious API responses from Walti. Affected products include: Jenkins Walti.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.