What is CVE-2020-2174?

CVE-2020-2174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Awseb Deployment, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-2174?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Jenkins Awseb Deployment

CVE-2020-2174

Jenkins AWSEB Deployment Plugin 0.3.19 and earlier does not escape various values printed as part of form validation output, resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Awseb Deployment
Jenkins Project Awseb Deployment Plugin — versions unspecified

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2174?: CVE-2020-2174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Awseb Deployment, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-2174?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.