CVE-2020-2229
Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the tooltip content of help icons, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the tooltip content of help icons, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.77% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 11 December 2020
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- jenkins/jenkins
- Source
- jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
EPSS 6.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160443/Jenkins-2.235.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1955Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160443/Jenkins-2.235.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1955Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.