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CVE-2020-2261

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-2261 is a critical vulnerability affecting Jenkins Perfecto Plugin versions 1.17 and earlier. It allows authenticated attackers with Job/Configure permissions to execute arbitrary commands on the Jenkins controller. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with low attack complexity and high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the underlying CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command) highlights its serious nature.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:perfecto:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: io.jenkins.plugins:perfectoFixed in: 1.18
jenkinsvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-jq84-6fmm-6qv6high

OS command execution vulnerability in Perfecto Plugin

May 24, 2022

References

jenkins.io / security/advisory/2020-09-16
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/3
Third Party Advisory