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CVE-2023-32979

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: May 16, 2023 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: October 28, 2026 at 07:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEmail Extension

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Jenkins Email Extension Plugin does not perform a permission check in a method implementing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read permission to check for the existence of files in the email-templates/ directory in the Jenkins home directory on the controller file system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Email Extension· Jenkinsjenkins-plugin
95%
v ≤ 2.96
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.89.0.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.96.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-05-16/#SECURITY-3088%20(1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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