SoundsApplication · Jenkins
CVE-2020-2097
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedJenkins Sounds Plugin 0.5 and earlier does not perform permission checks in URLs performing form validation, allowing attackers with Overall/Read access to execute arbitrary OS commands as the OS user account running Jenkins.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Jenkins Sounds Plugin versions 0.5 and earlier lacks permission checks on form validation URLs, enabling authenticated attackers with Overall/Read access to inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands as the Jenkins service account.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
SoundsApplication
<= 0.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Jenkins Sounds Plugin is installedNavigate to Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, or use the Jenkins CLI/API to list installed plugins. Look for 'Sounds' in the plugin list.Affected if The Sounds plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Identify the installed version of Jenkins Sounds PluginIn Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, find the Sounds plugin and note the Version column. Alternatively, check the $JENKINS_HOME/plugins/sounds/WEB-INF/manifest.mf file for the plugin version.Affected if The installed version is 0.5 or earlier (any version up to and including 0.5)
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Verify the plugin is enabled and activeIn Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, confirm the Sounds plugin shows as 'Enabled' with a checkmark. Also check Manage Jenkins > Configure System to see if the Sounds plugin configuration section is present.Affected if The plugin is both installed and enabled/active in Jenkins
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Check for accessible form validation endpointsReview Jenkins system logs or network access logs for requests to form validation URLs related to the Sounds plugin. Common patterns include URLs containing 'validate' or 'check' in the path. Check if unauthenticated or low-privileged users can access these endpoints.Affected if Form validation endpoints for the Sounds plugin are accessible to users with only Overall/Read permission
You are affected if the Jenkins Sounds Plugin is installed at version 0.5 or earlier and is enabled, as this version lacks permission checks on form validation URLs allowing command execution.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Jenkins Sounds Plugin to version 0.6 or later which implements proper permission checks on form validation endpoints.
Fix this in Sounds
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-2097 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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