What is CVE-2020-2111?

CVE-2020-2111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Subversion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-2111?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-2111 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Jenkins Subversion

CVE-2020-2111

Jenkins Subversion Plugin 2.13.0 and earlier does not escape the error message for the Project Repository Base URL field form validation, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-02-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Subversion
Jenkins Project Subversion Plugin — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-02-12/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/12/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2111?: CVE-2020-2111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Subversion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-2111?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-2111 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.