What is CVE-2020-2274?

CVE-2020-2274 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Elastest, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-2274?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Jenkins Elastest

CVE-2020-2274

Jenkins ElasTest Plugin 1.2.1 and earlier stores its server password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jenkins Elastest
Jenkins Project Elastest Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 1.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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-2020-2274?: CVE-2020-2274 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Elastest, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-2274?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.