CVE-2020-2232
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin SMTP password transmitted and displayed in plain text
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.
- Record
CVE-2020-2232- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.
- Record
CVE-2020-2232- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-2556 No score
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.
- Record
EUVD-2022-2556- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5c4v-vh95-c67c
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin SMTP password transmitted and displayed in plain text
Email Extension Plugin stores an SMTP password in its global configuration file hudson.plugins.emailext.ExtendedEmailPublisher.xml on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration.
While this password is stored encrypted on disk, it is transmitted and displayed in plain text as part of the configuration form by Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73. This can result in exposure of the password.
Email Extension Plugin 2.74 transmits the SMTP password in its global configuration encrypted and masks it using a password field.
- Record
GHSA-5c4v-vh95-c67c- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73 transmits and displays the SMTP password in plain text as part of the global Jenkins configuration form, potentially resulting in its exposure.
- Record
CVE-2020-2232- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-5c4v-vh95-c67c
Jenkins Email Extension Plugin SMTP password transmitted and displayed in plain text
Email Extension Plugin stores an SMTP password in its global configuration file hudson.plugins.emailext.ExtendedEmailPublisher.xml on the Jenkins controller as part of its configuration.
While this password is stored encrypted on disk, it is transmitted and displayed in plain text as part of the configuration form by Email Extension Plugin 2.72 and 2.73. This can result in exposure of the password.
Email Extension Plugin 2.74 transmits the SMTP password in its global configuration encrypted and masks it using a password field.
- Record
GHSA-5c4v-vh95-c67c- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-319
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:email-extMaven |
2.72 up to 2.74 | 2.74 |
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:email-extMaven |
2.72 up to 2.74, plus listed versions 2.73 |
2.74 |
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-2020-2232 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Jenkins Email Extension, published August 12, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. Fixed in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:email-ext 2.74.