CVE-2013-5573

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-5573 is rated High Exploit Risk (68/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.41%, 92th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.78% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-5573

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30408 exploit_db edb 2013-12-18 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5573

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.63% 5.41% +3.78%
2 2026-04-08 2.43% 1.63% -0.80%
3 2026-03-25 — 2.43% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5573

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5573

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-5573

GHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv · Severity: low · Ecosystem: maven — Jenkins allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in User Configuration

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-5573

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5573
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-5573 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jenkins), 13 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 8, ignored 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5573

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5573

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jenkins jenkins 1.523 cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:1.523:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5573

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