9.9

CVE-2023-25765: jenkins project jenkins email extension plugin Protection Mechanism Failure

CVSS: 9.9v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-c9c2-wcxh-3w5j
Published 15-02-2023Last modified 19-03-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-25765 is a critical (CVSS 9.9) Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in jenkins project jenkins email extension plugin. EPSS estimates a 1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.9/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.09%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-03-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.93 and earlier, templates defined inside a folder were not subject to Script Security protection, allowing attackers able to define email templates in folders to bypass the sandbox protection and execute arbitrary code in the context of the Jenkins controller JVM.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.09% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Jenkins1 product
Jenkins project1 product
Org.jenkins-ci.plugins1 product
  • email-ext< 2.94

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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