Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:role-strategy package, versions [,2.5.1)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.07% (31st percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGJENKINSCIPLUGINS-32241
  • published 6 May 2018
  • disclosed 3 Jun 2017
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:role-strategy to version 2.5.1 or higher.

Overview

org.jenkins-ci.plugins:role-strategy is meant to be used from Hudson or Jenkins to add a new role-based mechanism to manager users' permissions.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF). It was not requiring requests to its API be sent via POST, This allowed attackers to add administrator role to any user, or to remove the authorization configuration, preventing legitimate access to Jenkins.