CVE-2020-2172
XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin
Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.4 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.4 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-2172- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-776
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.4 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-2172- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3596 No score
Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.4 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2022-3596- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cmgm-q8hf-p7jc
XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin
Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.4 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This allows a user able to control the input files for the "Publish Coverage Report" post-build step to have Jenkins parse a crafted file that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.
Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.5 disables external entity resolution for its XML parser.
- Record
GHSA-cmgm-q8hf-p7jc- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611, CWE-776
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.4 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
- Record
CVE-2020-2172- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-cmgm-q8hf-p7jc
XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin
Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.4 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks. This allows a user able to control the input files for the "Publish Coverage Report" post-build step to have Jenkins parse a crafted file that uses external entities for extraction of secrets from the Jenkins controller or server-side request forgery.
Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.5 disables external entity resolution for its XML parser.
- Record
GHSA-cmgm-q8hf-p7jc- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-611, CWE-776
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
io.jenkins.plugins:code-coverage-apiMaven |
before 1.1.5 | 1.1.5 |
io.jenkins.plugins:code-coverage-apiMaven |
before 1.1.5, plus listed versions 1.0.01.0.0-alpha-11.0.0-rc-11.0.11.0.10 Show 16 moreShow less1.0.111.0.121.0.131.0.21.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.0.71.0.81.0.91.1.01.1.11.1.21.1.31.1.4 |
1.1.5 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-2172 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Jenkins Code Coverage Api, published April 7, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.07%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in io.jenkins.plugins:code-coverage-api 1.1.5.
References
jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-04-07
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/07/3
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2172
github.com/jenkinsci/code-coverage-api-plugin/commit/f0ef84c25f7bc4de4e722e994de57d238225834c