CVE-2015-5318

Jenkins before 1.638 and LTS before 1.625.2 uses a publicly accessible salt to generate CSRF protection tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the CSRF protection mechanism via a brute force attack.

Published: 2015-11-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5318 is rated Low Risk (33.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5318

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 2025-06-28 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2025-03-30 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5318

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5318

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-5318

GHSA-3wmv-7php-rhg5 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: maven — Jenkins Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Attack

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5318

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5318
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5318 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jenkins), 8 status rows across 8 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 6, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5318

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5318

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jenkins jenkins <= 1.637 cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
redhat openshift 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jenkins jenkins <= 1.625.1 cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5318

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