🛡️ CVE-2020-2251 — jenkins

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Passwords transmitted in plain text by Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin

ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin stores project passwords in job config.xml files on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration.

While these passwords are stored encrypted on disk since ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin 1.4, they are transmitted in plain text as part of the global configuration form by ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin 1.5 and earlier. These passwords can be viewed by attackers with Extended Read permission.

This only affects Jenkins before 2.236, including 2.235.x LTS, as Jenkins 2.236 introduces a security hardening that transparently encrypts and decrypts data used for a Jenkins password form field.

Affected software

CVE-2020-2251 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • jenkins
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:soapui-pro-functional-testing (fixed in 1.6)

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 5.0
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.plugins:soapui-pro-functional-testing — 1.6

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