Applitools Eyes Plugin up to 1.16.5 on Jenkins Controller File System permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Applitools Eyes Plugin up to 1.16.5 on Jenkins. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Controller File System Handler. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-53742. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Applitools Eyes Plugin up to 1.16.5 on Jenkins. This issue affects some unknown processing 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. The summary by CVE is:

Jenkins Applitools Eyes Plugin 1.16.5 and earlier stores Applitools 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-2025-53742 since 07/09/2025. 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 T1222 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-2025-20835). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Status: Not defined

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

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/09/2025 Advisory disclosed
07/09/2025 +0 days CVE reserved
07/09/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/10/2025 +63 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: jenkins.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-53742 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53742
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-315839
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2025 18:32
Updated: 09/10/2025 18:47
Changes: 07/09/2025 18:32 (54), 07/09/2025 20:17 (1), 07/11/2025 17:03 (2), 09/10/2025 18:47 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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