CVE-2015-7536
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jenkins
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.640 and LTS before 1.625.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to workspaces and archived artifacts.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.640 and LTS before 1.625.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to workspaces and archived artifacts.
- Record
CVE-2015-7536- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.640 and LTS before 1.625.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to workspaces and archived artifacts.
- Record
CVE-2015-7536- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-5702 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.640 and LTS before 1.625.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to workspaces and archived artifacts.
- Record
EUVD-2022-5702- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x3p3-929j-pq66
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jenkins
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.640 and LTS before 1.625.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to workspaces and archived artifacts.
- Record
GHSA-x3p3-929j-pq66- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-x3p3-929j-pq66
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jenkins
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jenkins before 1.640 and LTS before 1.625.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to workspaces and archived artifacts.
- Record
GHSA-x3p3-929j-pq66- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven |
1.626 up to 1.640 | 1.640 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven |
before 1.625.2 | 1.625.2 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven |
1.626 up to 1.640, plus listed versions 1.6271.6281.6291.6301.631 Show 8 moreShow less1.6321.6331.6341.6351.6361.6371.6381.639 |
1.640 |
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreMaven |
before 1.625.2, plus listed versions 1.3961.3971.3981.3991.400 Show 45 moreShow less1.4011.4031.4041.4051.4061.4071.4081.4091.409.11.409.21.409.31.4101.4111.4121.4131.4141.4151.4161.4171.4181.4191.4201.4211.4221.4231.4241.424.11.424.21.424.31.424.41.424.51.424.61.4251.4261.4271.4281.4291.4301.4311.4321.4331.4341.4351.4361.437 |
1.625.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-7536 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Jenkins, published February 3, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.25%, the 69th percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 1.640.
References
wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/SECURITY/Jenkins+Security+Advisory+2015-12-09
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7536
github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/27c303417a226bf4c06a588570f28ac2e2507c6c
Left out here: 230 versions. The JSON record has them.