What is CVE-2019-16569?

CVE-2019-16569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Mantis, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-16569?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Jenkins Mantis

CVE-2019-16569

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Mantis Plugin 0.26 and earlier allows attackers to connect to an attacker-specified web server using attacker-specified credentials.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2019-12-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Mantis
Jenkins Project Mantis Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 0.26

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2019-12-17/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/17/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16569?: CVE-2019-16569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Mantis, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-16569?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.