CVE-2020-2229 Jenkins Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in help icons

What is CVE-2020-2229?

CVE-2020-2229 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 12 Aug 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the tooltip content of help icons, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2229?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core and jenkins. It affects 1 product.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2229?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core to a fixed version for your release line: 2.235.4 or 2.252.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2020-2229 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2229 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-jenkins-2020-2229, GHSA-hvmc-7g2x-r3p9.