CVE-2018-1999038: jenkins publish_over_cifs Confused Deputy

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1999038 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Confused Deputy vulnerability in jenkins publish_over_cifs. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 01-08-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A confused deputy vulnerability exists in Jenkins Publisher Over CIFS Plugin 0.10 and earlier in CifsPublisherPluginDescriptor.java that allows attackers to have Jenkins connect to an attacker specified CIFS server with attacker specified credentials.

• CWE-441Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')The product receives a request, message, or directive from an upstream component, but the product does not sufficiently preserve the original source of the request before forwarding the request to an external actor that is outside of the product's control sphere. This causes the product to appear to be the source of the request, leading it to act as a proxy or other intermediary between the upstream component and the external actor.