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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-1000176

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability exists in Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.61 and older in src/main/resources/hudson/plugins/emailext/ExtendedEmailPublisher/global.groovy and ExtendedEmailPublisherDescriptor.java that allows attackers with control of a Jenkins administrator's web browser (e.g. malicious extension) to retrieve the configured SMTP password.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published