HTML Publisher Plugin up to 425 on Jenkins path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in HTML Publisher Plugin up to 425 on Jenkins and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2025-53651. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HTML Publisher Plugin up to 425 on Jenkins and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin 425 and earlier displays log messages that include the absolute paths of files archived during the Publish HTML reports post-build step, exposing information about the Jenkins controller file system in the build log.

The weakness was published by Kyler Katz. It is possible to read the advisory at jenkins.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-53651 since 07/08/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241693 (Jenkins plugins Multiple Vulnerabilities (2025-07-09)), 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 databases at Tenable (241693) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-20863). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 241693
Nessus Name: Jenkins plugins Multiple Vulnerabilities (2025-07-09)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/08/2025 CVE reserved
07/09/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
07/09/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/18/2025 +9 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jenkins.io
Researcher: Kyler Katz
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-53651 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53651
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315815
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2025 18:25
Updated: 07/18/2025 23:10
Changes: 07/09/2025 18:25 (54), 07/10/2025 01:30 (1), 07/11/2025 17:12 (2), 07/18/2025 23:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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