What is CVE-2020-2272?

CVE-2020-2272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Elastest, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-2272?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Jenkins Elastest

CVE-2020-2272

A missing permission check in Jenkins ElasTest Plugin 1.2.1 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to connect to an attacker-specified URL using attacker-specified credentials.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2020-09-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.4% 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 Elastest
Jenkins Project Elastest Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-09-16/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/16/3 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2272?: CVE-2020-2272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Elastest, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-2272?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.