🛡️ CVE-2020-2221 — jenkins

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Stored XSS vulnerability in Jenkins upstream cause

Jenkins 2.244 and earlier, LTS 2.235.1 and earlier does not escape the upstream job's display name shown as part of a build cause, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Jenkins 2.245, LTS 2.235.2 escapes the job display name.

Affected software

CVE-2020-2221 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • jenkins
  • org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core (from 2.236 up to 2.245)

Timeline and source

Published on 6 March 2024 and last revised on 3 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openwall.com (Web)
jenkins.io (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-03-06
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2025-04-03
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
jenkins
org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core 2.236 2.245

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