Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Jenkins Git Plugin

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2020-2136 · GHSA-6c7r-6p5m-cp82 · Published 09/03/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-2136 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting org.jenkins-ci.plugins:git, git (jenkins).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.85%, higher than 58.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.2.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:git Maven	`< 4.2.1`	`4.2.1`
git jenkins	`≤ 4.2.0`	No fix yet

Description

Jenkins Git Plugin 4.2.0 and earlier does not escape the error message for the repository URL for Microsoft TFS field form validation, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

NVD description

Jenkins Git Plugin 4.2.0 and earlier does not escape the error message for the repository URL for Microsoft TFS field form validation, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2136 · ADVISORY
jenkinsci/git-plugin commit f581998 · WEB
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-03-09 · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/03/09/1 · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.jenkins-ci.plugins:git

Maven

< 4.2.1

4.2.1

git

jenkins

≤ 4.2.0

No fix yet

Description

Jenkins Git Plugin 4.2.0 and earlier does not escape the error message for the repository URL for Microsoft TFS field form validation, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

NVD description

Jenkins Git Plugin 4.2.0 and earlier does not escape the error message for the repository URL for Microsoft TFS field form validation, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.

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