CVE-2013-5573: jenkins Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-5573 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in jenkins. EPSS estimates a 5.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 31-12-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default markup formatter in Jenkins 1.523 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field in the user configuration.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
5.41%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 5.41% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (seclists.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)
Maturity: unknown
Jenkins 1.523 - Persistent HTML Code
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Jenkins1 product
- jenkins1.523
Org.jenkins-ci.main1 product
- jenkins-core≤ 1.523
2 vendors · 2 products
References
10 links- github.com/jenkinsci/jenkinsPACKAGE