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medium 6.5

CVE-2020-2242 json

Missing permission checks in Jenkins Database Plugin

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-hj36-v72x-cc6j , EUVD-2022-4167

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A missing permission check in Jenkins database Plugin 1.6 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read access to Jenkins to connect to an attacker-specified database server using attacker-specified credentials.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:database 1.7

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Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.jenkins-ci.plugins:database
<1.7
1.7

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins database Plugin

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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