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CVE-2020-2305
Jenkins Mercurial Plugin 2.11 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
Medium6.5EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- jenkins
Description
Jenkins Mercurial Plugin 2.11 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jenkins
- 11 months later
· 11 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 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
Jenkins project · Jenkins Mercurial Plugin
- affected unspecified – ≤ 2.11
- unaffected 2.10.1
- unaffected 2.9.1
- unaffected 2.8.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurialGHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr (opens in a new tab)
References (1)
- https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-11-04/#SECURITY-2115 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-x58r-wxc3-7pqr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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