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CVE-2020-2153
Jenkins Backlog Plugin 2.4 and earlier transmits configured credentials in plain text as part of job configuration forms, potentially…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.65%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 49% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Jenkins Backlog Plugin 2.4 and earlier transmits configured credentials in plain text as part of job configuration forms, potentially resulting in their exposure.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jenkins
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.65% · top 49% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
Jenkins project · Jenkins Backlog Plugin
- affected unspecified – ≤ 2.4
- unknown next of 2.4 – < unspecified
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.jenkins-ci.plugins:backlogGHSA-p68c-xg89-2g5r (opens in a new tab)
References
References2
- https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-09/#SECURITY-1510 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200309 Multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins plugins (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-4693 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-p68c-xg89-2g5r (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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