What is CVE-2020-2175?

CVE-2020-2175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Fitnesse, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-2175?

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

XSS in Jenkins Fitnesse

CVE-2020-2175

Jenkins FitNesse Plugin 1.31 and earlier does not correctly escape report contents before showing them on the Jenkins UI, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by users able to control the XML input files processed by the plugin.

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 2026-09-29.

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 Fitnesse
Jenkins Project Fitnesse 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, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2175?: CVE-2020-2175 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Fitnesse, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-2175?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.