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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-2232

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.

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CVEs
CVE-2020-2232
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1 Nov 2026, 06:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-2232

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Aug 2020, 14:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2020-2232
Complete source record
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  "id": "77be01df89230ab65d2acff80807e1420622a00bb928bc286b5bae47ff2a6835",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-2232",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-2232",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-2232",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-2232",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-2232",
        "GHSA-5c4v-vh95-c67c"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/email-ext-plugin",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d4308ca77b9b23b3281c08d4cc0ff325b60ba0d7"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "45fe36d67241767f5a61b1b81e07ee9bf5402487"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:email_extension:2.72:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.72"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.72"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:email_extension:2.73:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.73"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.73"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.72",
            "2.73",
            "email-ext-2.73",
            "email-ext-2.72"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-2232.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.153363081Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://jenkins.io/security/advisory/2020-08-12/#SECURITY-1975"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-2232",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434153,
  "published_at": "2020-08-12T14:15:13.33+00:00"
}