Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple Jenkins MATLAB Plugin Vulnerabilities

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-49655 CVSS:7.1

Jenkins MATLAB Plugin is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to have Jenkins parse an XML file from the Jenkins controller file system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.

CVE-2023-49656 CVSS:7.1

Jenkins MATLAB Plugin could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the XML parser. By using a specially crafted XML file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain secrets from the Jenkins controller or perform server-side request forgery attacks.

Impact

• Information Disclosure
• Gain Access

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

• CVE-2023-49655
• CVE-2023-49656

Affected Vendors

Jenkins

Affected Products

• Jenkins MATLAB Plugin 2.11.0

Remediation

Refer to Jenkins Security Advisory for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. 

Jenkins Security Advisory