What is GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj?

GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin has a XSS vulnerability in the legacy wrapper file

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj cover?

GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-42524. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj?

GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj?

GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj affects 1 product, including: maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher:\u003c 427.1.

GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jjHighCVSS 8.0

Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin has a XSS vulnerability in the legacy wrapper file

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

April 29, 2026

Last Modified

May 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-42524 →

📋 Description

Jenkins HTML Publisher Plugin versoins 427 and earlier do not escape the job name and URL in the legacy wrapper file.

This results in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Item/Configure permission.

HTML Publisher Plugin 427.1 escapes job name and URL when generating the legacy wrapper file.

🎯 Affected products1

maven/org.jenkins-ci.plugins:htmlpublisher:< 427.1

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42524
https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2026-04-29/#SECURITY-3706
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8h4-46xv-h7jj