What is CVE-2020-2173?

CVE-2020-2173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Gatling, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-2173?

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

XSS in Jenkins Gatling

CVE-2020-2173

Jenkins Gatling Plugin 1.2.7 and earlier prevents Content-Security-Policy headers from being set for Gatling reports served by the plugin, resulting in an XSS vulnerability exploitable by users able to change report content.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-04-07 · 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: 0.007 (51.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.5% 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 Gatling
Jenkins Project Gatling Plugin — versions unspecified, 1.2.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-04-07/ (Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/07/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2173?: CVE-2020-2173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Gatling, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-2173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.