Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-8718 · published 27 March 2018

CVE-2018-8718: Jenkins mailer cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Jenkins · Mailer

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Mailer Plugin 1.20 for Jenkins 2.111 allows remote authenticated users to send unauthorized mail as an arbitrary user via a /descriptorByName/hudson.tasks.Mailer/sendTestMail request.

8.0 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 6.5% · top 6.5% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery

8.0CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.0

6.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Mailer Jenkins

References

Link	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/26/3	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103691	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-03-26/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44843/	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/26/3	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103691	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2018-03-26/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44843/	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-8718), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.