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CVE-2020-2153

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-2153 affects Jenkins Backlog Plugin versions 2.4 and earlier, where it transmits configured credentials in plain text within job configuration forms, leading to potential exposure. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a low complexity attack that requires local privileges and could result in a partial loss of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:backlog:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.plugins:backlogFixed in: 2.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-p68c-xg89-2g5rlow

Credentials transmitted in plain text by Backlog Plugin

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2020-03-09
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/03/09/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory