Path traversal in Cobertura - CVE-2020-2139
Published: March 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26009
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-2139
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Jenkins
Affected software:
Cobertura
Cobertura
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not validate file paths from the XML file it parses. A remote authenticated attacker able to control the coverage report content can overwrite any file on the Jenkins master file system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-2139
Install update from vendor's website.