What is CVE-2020-2098?

CVE-2020-2098 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Sounds, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-2098?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

CSRF in Jenkins Sounds

CVE-2020-2098

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Jenkins Sounds Plugin 0.5 and earlier allows attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands as the OS user account running Jenkins.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2020-01-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Sounds
Jenkins Project Sounds Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-01-15/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2098?: CVE-2020-2098 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Sounds, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-2098?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.