{"id":"CVE-2020-2229","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-2229","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:27:22.622Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2020-08-12T14:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:12:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["jenkins/jenkins"],"epss":{"score":0.06765,"percentile":0.93931,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2020-12-11","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":49232,"kind":"exploit","title":"Jenkins 2.235.3 - 'tooltip' Stored Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49232","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/java/webapps/49232.txt","file":"exploits/java/webapps/49232.txt","published":"2020-12-11","added":"2020-12-11","updated":"2020-12-11","author":"gx1","type":"webapps","platform":"java","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2020-2229"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160443/Jenkins-2.235.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com"},{"url":"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1955","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160443/Jenkins-2.235.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/4","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1955","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2229","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}