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CVE-2020-2229 Jenkins

Affected softwareJenkins
Severity5.4 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in2.235.4, 2.252
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published12 Aug 2020
Updated17 Jun 2026

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.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2020-12-11.
  • EPSS 6.8% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Jenkins 2.235.3 - 'tooltip' Stored Cross-Site Scripting 2020-12-11

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

CVSS

5.4 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 5.4 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 3.5 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 0 2.235.4 unbounded
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 2.236 2.252 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 4 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd jenkins jenkins generic ≤ 2.235.3 · ≤ 2.251
osv org.jenkins-ci.main jenkins-core generic < 2.235.4 · ≥ 2.236 and < 2.252

References

URLTags
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/commit/fe4cbe03804d6240d0b58d0b2301ea9530a34916 WEB
https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins PACKAGE
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1955 WEB
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160443/Jenkins-2.235.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html WEB
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/4 WEB

Timeline

Published2020-08-12By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.