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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2020-2314 json

Password stored in plain text by Jenkins AppSpider Plugin

published 2020-11-04 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-rm7r-xv53-xwc3 , EUVD-2022-5198

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Jenkins AppSpider Plugin 1.0.12 and earlier stores a password unencrypted in its global configuration file on the Jenkins controller where it can be viewed by users with access to the Jenkins controller file system.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.rapid7:jenkinsci-appspider-plugin 1.0.13

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.rapid7:jenkinsci-appspider-plugin
<1.0.13
1.0.13

Affected products

  • Jenkins project Jenkins AppSpider Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials
  • CWE-256 Plaintext Storage of a Password

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.