CVE-2013-5573
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default markup formatter in Jenkins 1.523 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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 configuration.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Jenkins 1.523 - Persistent HTML Code (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30408webapps, phppublished 18 Dec 2013Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 30408 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreGHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv (opens in a new tab)
References
7
- 64414 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 101187 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20131217 [CVE-2013-5573] Jenkins v1.523 Default markup formatter permits offsite-bound forms (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20131217 [CVE-2013-5573] Jenkins v1.523 Default markup formatter permits offsite-bound forms (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 30408 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124513 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- jenkins-cve20135573-xss(89872) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-5413 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-5573)Record last updated .