CVE-2026-84665
Jenkins SonarQube Scanner Plugin 2.18.3 and earlier does not limit URL schemes for the dashboard links it creates based on SonarQube scanner results, allowing the `javascript:` scheme, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Jenkins SonarQube Scanner Plugin 2.18.3 and earlier does not limit URL schemes for the dashboard links it creates based on SonarQube scanner results, allowing the `javascript:` scheme, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Item/Configure permission.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.