Description
An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins vSphere Plugin 2.16 and older in Clone.java, CloudSelectorParameter.java, ConvertToTemplate.java, ConvertToVm.java, Delete.java, DeleteSnapshot.java, Deploy.java, ExposeGuestInfo.java, FolderVSphereCloudProperty.java, PowerOff.java, PowerOn.java, Reconfigure.java, Rename.java, RenameSnapshot.java, RevertToSnapshot.java, SuspendVm.java, TakeSnapshot.java, VSphereBuildStepContainer.java, vSphereCloudProvisionedSlave.java, vSphereCloudSlave.java, vSphereCloudSlaveTemplate.java, VSphereConnectionConfig.java, vSphereStep.java that allows attackers to perform form validation related actions, including sending numerous requests to the configured vSphere server, potentially resulting in denial of service, or send credentials stored in Jenkins with known ID to an attacker-specified server ("test connection").
Remediation
References
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-03-26/#SECURITY-745
Related Vulnerabilities
CVE-2015-5346 Vulnerability in maven package org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina
CVE-2023-43495 Vulnerability in maven package org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
CVE-2016-3506 Vulnerability in maven package com.oracle:ojdbc7
CVE-2023-1584 Vulnerability in maven package io.quarkus:quarkus-oidc
CVE-2018-25007 Vulnerability in maven package com.vaadin:flow-server