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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2020-2172 json

XXE vulnerability in Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin

published 2020-04-07 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-cmgm-q8hf-p7jc , EUVD-2022-3596

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin 1.1.4 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Patch / fix

  • maven io.jenkins.plugins:code-coverage-api 1.1.5

Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven io.jenkins.plugins:code-coverage-api
<1.1.5
1.1.5

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins Code Coverage API Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.