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CVE-2018-8718: jenkins mailer Cross-Site Request Forgery

Modified
AliasesGHSA-6g57-h38c-q52g
Published 27-03-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-8718 is a high (CVSS 8.0) Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in jenkins mailer. EPSS estimates a 6.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (exploit-database, 05-06-2018)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.0/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.52%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Mailer Plugin 1.20 for Jenkins 2.111 allows remote authenticated users to send unauthorized mail as an arbitrary user via a /descriptorByName/hudson.tasks.Mailer/sendTestMail request.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.52% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaselinuxUnverified

    Jenkins Mailer Plugin < 1.20 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Send Email)

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Jenkins1 product
Org.jenkins-ci.plugins1 product
  • mailer< 1.21

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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