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CVE-2023-32979 (GCVE-0-2023-32979)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-05-16 16:00 – Updated: 2025-01-23 16:04
VLAI
Summary
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission to check for the existence of files in the email-templates/ directory in the Jenkins home directory on the controller file system.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-23 16:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins Project Jenkins Email Extension Plugin Unaffected: 2.96.1 , < * (maven)
Unaffected: 2.89.0.2 , < 2.89.0.* (maven)
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