What is CVE-2020-2317?

CVE-2020-2317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Findbugs, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-11-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-2317?

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

XSS in Jenkins Findbugs

CVE-2020-2317

Jenkins FindBugs Plugin 5.0.0 and earlier does not escape the annotation message in tooltips, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to provide report files to Jenkins FindBugs Plugin's post build step.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (54.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Jenkins Findbugs
Jenkins Project Findbugs Plugin — versions unspecified, next of 5.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

jenkinsci-cert@googlegroups.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-2317?: CVE-2020-2317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Findbugs, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-11-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-2317?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.