What is CVE-2020-2133?

CVE-2020-2133 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Applatix, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-2133?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Applatix

CVE-2020-2133

Jenkins Applatix Plugin 1.1 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in job config.xml files on the Jenkins master where it can be viewed by users with Extended Read permission, or access to the master file system.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (56.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.6% 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 Applatix
Jenkins Project Applatix Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

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-2020-2133?: CVE-2020-2133 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Applatix, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-2133?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.