CVE-2020-2257
Jenkins Validating String Parameter Plugin 2.4 and earlier does not escape various user-controlled fields, resulting in a stored…
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- jenkins
Description
Jenkins Validating String Parameter Plugin 2.4 and earlier does not escape various user-controlled fields, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers with Job/Configure permission.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jenkins
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 45% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
Jenkins project · Jenkins Validating String Parameter Plugin
- affected unspecified – ≤ 2.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:validating-string-parameterGHSA-fvwh-wv43-8qj5 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-09-16/#SECURITY-1935 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200916 Multiple vulnerabilities in 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-fvwh-wv43-8qj5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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