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)

Published 2020-11-04 · 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: 0.009 (57.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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