What is CVE-2020-2314?

CVE-2020-2314 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Appspider, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-2314?

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

Vulnerability in Jenkins Appspider

CVE-2020-2314

Jenkins AppSpider Plugin 1.0.12 and earlier stores a 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 2020-11-04 · 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 (23.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.4% 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 Appspider
Jenkins Project Appspider Plugin — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-11-04/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2314?: CVE-2020-2314 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Appspider, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-2314?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.