Email Extension Plugin up to 2.61 on Jenkins global.groovy Password information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Email Extension Plugin up to 2.61 on Jenkins. Impacted is an unknown function of the file src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/emailext/ExtendedEmailPublisher/global.groovy. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Password). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-1000176. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Email Extension Plugin up to 2.61 on Jenkins (Jenkins Plugin) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/emailext/ExtendedEmailPublisher/global.groovy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Password). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.61 and older in src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/emailext/ExtendedEmailPublisher/global.groovy and ExtendedEmailPublisherDescriptor.java that allows attackers with control of a Jenkins administrator's web browser (e.g. malicious extension) to retrieve the configured SMTP password.

The bug was discovered 04/16/2018. The weakness was shared 05/08/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at jenkins.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1000176 since 05/08/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-117416, VDB-117417, VDB-117418 and VDB-117420 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Jenkins Plugin

Name

• Email Extension Plugin

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43
• 2.44
• 2.45
• 2.46
• 2.47
• 2.48
• 2.49
• 2.50
• 2.51
• 2.52
• 2.53
• 2.54
• 2.55
• 2.56
• 2.57
• 2.58
• 2.59
• 2.60
• 2.61

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