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CVE-2020-2229

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-2229 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Jenkins versions 2.251 and earlier, and LTS 2.235.3 and earlier. This flaw arises because the tooltip content of help icons is not properly escaped, allowing malicious scripts to be injected and stored. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over a network with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-49232), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.235.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
<= 2.251CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
<= 2.251CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkins:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-49232 · Dec 11, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0677 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 (6)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.235.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-coreFixed in: 2.252
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed in: jenkins-0:2.235.5.1600415953-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3Fixed in: jenkins-0:2.235.5.1600415514-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4Fixed in: openshift4/ose-jenkins:v4.4.0-202009260441.p0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5Fixed in: jenkins-0:2.235.5.1600414805-1.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-hvmc-7g2x-r3p9high

Jenkins Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in help icons

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2020-2229Moderate

jenkins: user-specified tooltip values leads to stored cross-site scripting

Aug 12, 2020

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/160443/Jenkins-2.235.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
jenkins.io / security/advisory/2020-08-12
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2020/08/12/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory