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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2020-2242

A missing permission check in Jenkins database Plugin 1.6 and earlier allows attackers with Overall/Read access to Jenkins to connect to an attacker-specified database server using attacker-specified credentials.

Published: Sep 1, 2020
Updated: Nov 16, 2025
CVE: CVE-2020-2242
GHSA: GHSA-hj36-v72x-cc6j
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Medium
Score: 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-862

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
jenkins / database	-	1.6.x
org.jenkins-ci.plugins / database	-	1.7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/01/3
https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-09-01/#SECURITY-1024

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