CVE-2020-2223: jenkins project jenkins
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-2223 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in jenkins project jenkins. EPSS estimates a 1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5Timeline
- 15-07-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Jenkins 2.244 and earlier, LTS 2.235.1 and earlier does not escape correctly the 'href' attribute of links to downstream jobs displayed in the build console page, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated8.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.03%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
64%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.03% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine1 product
- jenkins< 2.245-r0
Jenkins1 product
- jenkins≤ 2.235.1 | ≤ 2.244
Jenkins project1 product
- jenkins≥ unspecified, ≤ 2.244 | ≥ unspecified, ≤ LTS 2.235.1
Org.jenkins-ci.main1 product
- jenkins-core< 2.235.2 | ≥ 2.236, < 2.245
4 vendors · 4 products
References
6 links- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/15/5Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTWEBThird Party Advisory
- github.com/jenkinsci/jenkinsPACKAGE