CVE-2020-2251 Passwords transmitted in plain text by Jenkins ReadyAPI Functional Testing Plugin

What is CVE-2020-2251?

CVE-2020-2251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jenkins Jenkins, published on 1 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Jenkins SoapUI Pro Functional Testing Plugin 1.5 and earlier transmits project passwords in its configuration in plain text as part of job configuration forms, potentially resulting in their exposure.

Weakness: CWE-319

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2251?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.jenkins-ci.plugins:soapui-pro-functional-testing and jenkins. It affects 2 products.

Products include Jenkins Jenkins, Jenkins Soapui Pro Functional Testing.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2251?

Upgrade org.jenkins-ci.plugins:soapui-pro-functional-testing to 1.6 or later.

Is CVE-2020-2251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-jenkins-2020-2251, GHSA-q4qq-8q2r-g2f2.