Home/CVE/Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the project naming strategy description, resulting in
CVE

CVE-2020-2230

Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the project naming strategy description, resulting in

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 EPSS 0.01279
Schedule remediation
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
⬡

Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
▤

Affected Products & Versions

2
jenkins<= 2.235.3
jenkins<= 2.251
▤

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core HIGH fixed in 2.235.4
⚠

Public Exploits & PoCs

2
webappsJenkins 2.235.3 - 'Description' Stored XSS2020-12-11
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Jenkins-2.235.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
▣

Scoring & Timeline

5.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com
View on NVD
Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Aug 2020 · 02:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
⚑

Vendor Advisories

4
rhsaRHSA-2020:3841Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2020:4223Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2020:3808Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2020:4220Moderate
🔗

References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/4Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1957Vendor Advisory
Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse
CVETechnique ActorTool Family
drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
NVDCVE.orgCISAVulnersExploit-DBGitHub PoCVulnCheck KEVGreyNoise
Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs
Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures
Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1
About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service
threatengine.sh  ·  Open-source threat intelligence platform  ·  100+ authoritative sources  ·  Every fact traces to its origin