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Jenkins Reverse Proxy Auth Plugin vulnerable due to plaintext storage of passwords

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 16, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 27, 2023

Package

maven org.jenkins-ci.main:reverse-proxy-auth-plugin (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 1.7.3, < 1.7.4

Patched versions

1.7.4

Description

Jenkins Reverse Proxy Auth Plugin versions 1.7.3 and earlier stores the LDAP manager password unencrypted in the global config.xml file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by attackers with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 15, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 16, 2022
Reviewed Nov 21, 2022
Last updated Oct 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2022-45384

GHSA ID

GHSA-wcjj-qm5v-j4pc

Credits

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