01 Record

CVE-2013-5573

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default markup formatter in Jenkins 1.523 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field in the user

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default markup formatter in Jenkins 1.523 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field in the user

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 5.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2013-12-31 15:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 17:15Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2013-08-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
CWE-96Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code ('Static Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e2e422f26c42bff9bd21eef0c57c39d1a7670766b2b016825e695a5dc990c533

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

jenkinsjenkinsNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com64414http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64414vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.osvdb.org101187http://www.osvdb.org/101187vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
seclists.org20131217 [CVE-2013-5573] Jenkins v1.523 Default markup formatter permits offsite-bound formshttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Dec/104mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
seclists.org20131217 [CVE-2013-5573] Jenkins v1.523 Default markup formatter permits offsite-bound formshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Dec/159mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
www.exploit-db.com30408http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30408exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124513x_refsource_MISC
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comjenkins-cve20135573-xss(89872)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89872vdb-entryx_refsource_XF