Build-Publisher Plugin up to 1.22 on Jenkins File config.xml path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Build-Publisher Plugin up to 1.22 on Jenkins. Affected is an unknown function of the file config.xml of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-41231. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Build-Publisher Plugin up to 1.22 on Jenkins (Jenkins Plugin). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file config.xml of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Jenkins Build-Publisher Plugin 1.22 and earlier allows attackers with Item/Configure permission to create or replace any config.xml file on the Jenkins controller file system by providing a crafted file name to an API endpoint.

The weakness was published 09/22/2022. The advisory is shared at jenkins.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-41231 since 09/21/2022. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:config.xml it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

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Type

• Jenkins Plugin

Name

• Build-Publisher Plugin

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22

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