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SoundsApplication · Jenkins

CVE-2020-2098

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-01-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 0.5 or later.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Sounds Plugin 0.5 and earlier allows attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands as the OS user account running Jenkins.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jenkins Sounds Plugin 0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by tricking authenticated Jenkins users into visiting malicious crafted URLs, leading to full compromise of the Jenkins process user account.

MitigationUpgrade Jenkins Sounds Plugin to a patched version; if unavailable, disable or remove the plugin until a fix is released.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
SoundsApplication
Affected:<= 0.5

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Check if Jenkins Sounds Plugin is installed
    Navigate to Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, or inspect the JENKINS_HOME/plugins directory for a folder named 'sounds'
    Affected if The Sounds plugin is present in the installed plugins list or filesystem
  2. Determine the installed version of Sounds Plugin
    In Jenkins UI, go to Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, find Sounds plugin, and read the Version column; or inspect the file JENKINS_HOME/plugins/sounds/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF for the Implementation-Version attribute
    Affected if The reported version is 0.5 or any version lower than 0.5
  3. Verify plugin is enabled and active
    Check Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab to confirm Sounds plugin shows as 'Enabled' and is not marked as disabled in JENKINS_HOME/plugin-dependencies or related config
    Affected if The plugin is enabled and loaded into Jenkins runtime

If the Sounds plugin is installed, enabled, and its version is 0.5 or earlier, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2020-2098 CSRF attacks that can execute arbitrary OS commands.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 0.5
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Jenkins Sounds Plugin to a patched version; if unavailable, disable or remove the plugin until a fix is released.

Fix this in Sounds Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation1.0 h
  • Implementation1.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
5.0 hours of engineering $860
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