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TI-2020-02182 Aliases CVE-2020-2305GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr

XML external entity injection in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin

Priority LOW 32CWE-611Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Jenkins Mercurial Plugin 2.11 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01494 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Jenkins Mercurial Plugin (Jenkins project): 2.10.1, 2.9.1, 2.8.1org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven): 2.12, 2.10.1, 2.9.1 +1Red Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
JenkinsJenkins Mercurial Pluginup to 2.112.10.1, 2.9.1, 2.8.1Patch availableCNA
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven)2.11 to before 2.122.12Patch availableGHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven)2.10 to before 2.10.12.10.1Patch availableGHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven)2.9 to before 2.9.12.9.1Patch availableGHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr
—org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven)before 2.8.12.8.1Patch availableGHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr
  • Jenkins Mercurial Plugin VendorJenkins Affected up to 2.11 Fixed in 2.10.1, 2.9.1, 2.8.1 Patch available CNA
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.11 to before 2.12 Fixed in 2.12 Patch available GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.10 to before 2.10.1 Fixed in 2.10.1 Patch available GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.9 to before 2.9.1 Fixed in 2.9.1 Patch available GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr
  • org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.8.1 Fixed in 2.8.1 Patch available GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*up to 2.11VulnerableJenkins
  • cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:mercurial:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:* Versions up to 2.11 Vulnerable ·Jenkins

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Jenkins Mercurial Plugin (Jenkins project) Fixed in 2.10.1, 2.9.1, 2.8.1
  • Fix · GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Fixed in 2.12 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Fixed in 2.10.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Fixed in 2.9.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr org.jenkins-ci.plugins:mercurial (Maven) Fixed in 2.8.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2021:0637 Released 2021-03-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 3.11.394 bug fix and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 jenkins-2-plugins-3.11.1612862361-1.el7, jenkins-2.263.3.1612433584-1.el7, python-rsa-4.5-3.el7 +1
  • RHSA-2021:0282 Released 2021-02-03 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.4.33 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 jenkins-2-plugins-4.4.1611203637-1.el7
  • RHSA-2021:0034 Released 2021-01-20 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.5.27 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 jenkins-2-plugins-4.5.1610108899-1.el7, python-urllib3-1.26.2-1.el7, python2-urllib3-1.26.2-1.el7
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2021:0038 Released 2021-01-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    OpenShift Container Platform 4.6.12 packages and security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 cri-o-1.19.1-2.rhaos4.6.git2af9ecf.el8, jenkins-2-plugins-4.6.1608634578-1.el7, jenkins-2-plugins-4.6.1609853716-1.el8 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11Fixed RHSA-2021:0637
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4Fixed RHSA-2021:0282
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5Fixed RHSA-2021:0034
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6Fixed RHSA-2021:0038
Not affected: 4 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.5
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2305
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x58r-wxc3-7pqr

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • TI-2022-13004 Path traversal in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-21205 Information disclosure in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2018-15765 An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin version 2.2… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2020-02183 Missing authorization in Jenkins Mercurial Plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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