CVE-2020-2230
Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the project naming strategy description, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by users with Overall/Manage permission.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 82.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the project naming strategy description, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by users with Overall/Manage permission.
- 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
- 82.73% probability · 100th 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 82.7% since 3 November 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-1957Vendor 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-1957Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.