🛡️ CVE-2020-2280 — warnings

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-352 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

CSRF vulnerability in Jenkins warnings Plugin allows remote code execution

warnings Plugin 5.0.1 and earlier does not require POST requests for a form validation method intended for testing custom warnings parsers, resulting in a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability.

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code.

warnings Plugin 5.0.2 requires POST requests for the affected form validation method.

This vulnerability was caused by an incomplete fix to [SECURITY-1295](https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-01-28/).

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2020-2280 is classified as CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). A state-changing request is accepted without proof it was intended, so another site can trigger it using the victim's session.

Affected software

CVE-2020-2280 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:warnings (fixed in 5.0.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 16 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

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

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-352
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.jvnet.hudson.plugins:warnings — 5.0.2

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