CVE-2022-25188
Path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Fortify Plugin
Jenkins Fortify Plugin 20.2.34 and earlier does not sanitize the appName and appVersion parameters of its Pipeline steps, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to write or overwrite .xml files on the Jenkins controller file system with content not controllable by the attacker.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins Fortify Plugin 20.2.34 and earlier does not sanitize the appName and appVersion parameters of its Pipeline steps, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to write or overwrite .xml files on the Jenkins controller file system with content not controllable by the attacker.
- Record
CVE-2022-25188- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Jenkins Fortify Plugin 20.2.34 and earlier does not sanitize the appName and appVersion parameters of its Pipeline steps, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to write or overwrite .xml files on the Jenkins controller file system with content not controllable by the attacker.
- Record
CVE-2022-25188- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0753 No score
Jenkins Fortify Plugin 20.2.34 and earlier does not sanitize the appName and appVersion parameters of its Pipeline steps, allowing attackers with Item/Configure permission to write or overwrite .xml files on the Jenkins controller file system with content not controllable by the attacker.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0753- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-23h5-8ph6-7rfc
Path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Fortify Plugin
Jenkins Fortify Plugin 20.2.34 and earlier does not sanitize the appName and appVersion parameters of its Pipeline steps, which are used to write to files inside build directories.
This allows attackers with Item/Configure permission to write or overwrite .xml files on the Jenkins controller file system with content not controllable by the attacker.
Jenkins Fortify Plugin 20.2.35 sanitizes the appName and appVersion parameters of its Pipeline steps when determining the resulting filename.
- Record
GHSA-23h5-8ph6-7rfc- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-23h5-8ph6-7rfc
Path traversal vulnerability in Jenkins Fortify Plugin
Jenkins Fortify Plugin 20.2.34 and earlier does not sanitize the appName and appVersion parameters of its Pipeline steps, which are used to write to files inside build directories.
This allows attackers with Item/Configure permission to write or overwrite .xml files on the Jenkins controller file system with content not controllable by the attacker.
Jenkins Fortify Plugin 20.2.35 sanitizes the appName and appVersion parameters of its Pipeline steps when determining the resulting filename.
- Record
GHSA-23h5-8ph6-7rfc- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fortifyMaven |
before 20.2.35 | 20.2.35 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fortifyMaven |
before 20.2.35, plus listed versions 19.1.2819.1.2919.2.3020.1.3220.1.3320.2.34 |
20.2.35 |
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-2022-25188 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Jenkins Fortify, published February 15, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.22%, the 68th percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:fortify 20.2.35.