Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-28678

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.

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LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:cppcheckMaven	<= 1.26	—

Affected products

ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins/cppcheck
Range: <= 1.26
Jenkins Project/Cppcheck Plugincpe-rescue
Range: 0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-j927-269r-96xwghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28678ghsaADVISORY
www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-21/nvdVendor AdvisoryWEB

News mentions

Jenkins Security Advisory 2023-03-21
Jenkins Security Advisories · Mar 21, 2023

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