Jenkins AsakusaSatellite Plugin up to 0.1.1 Controller File System config.xml permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jenkins AsakusaSatellite Plugin up to 0.1.1. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file config.xml of the component Controller File System Handler. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-31727. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Jenkins AsakusaSatellite Plugin up to 0.1.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the file config.xml of the component Controller File System Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Jenkins AsakusaSatellite Plugin 0.1.1 and earlier stores AsakusaSatellite API keys unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller where they can be viewed by users with Item/Extended Read permission or access to the Jenkins controller file system.

It is possible to read the advisory at jenkins.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-31727 since 04/01/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:config.xml it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233778 (Jenkins plugins Multiple Vulnerabilities (2025-04-02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (233778). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Continuous Integration Software

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• Jenkins

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• AsakusaSatellite Plugin

Version

• 0.1.0
• 0.1.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://jenkins.io/

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