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CVE-2020-2232
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins…
High7.5EPSS 0.76%
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- jenkins
Description
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.76% · top 45% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Jenkins project · Jenkins Email Extension Plugin
- affected 2.72 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – ≤ 2.73
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:email-extGHSA-5c4v-vh95-c67c (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1975 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200812 Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins and Jenkins plugins (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5c4v-vh95-c67c (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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