PersonaApplication · Jenkins
CVE-2020-2293
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 Persona Plugin 2.4 and earlier allows users with Overall/Read permission to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller.
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 Persona Plugin versions 2.4 and earlier contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability. Users with the lowest privilege level (Overall/Read permission) can exploit this to read any file on the Jenkins controller file system, potentially exposing sensitive configuration, credentials, or secrets.
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
PersonaApplication
<= 2.4CVSS 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
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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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Verify Jenkins Persona Plugin is installedNavigate to Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Installed tab, or use the Jenkins script console with: Jenkins.instance.pluginManager.plugins.find{it.shortName == 'persona'}Affected if The plugin is listed as installed in Jenkins
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Determine the installed version of Persona PluginIn the Installed plugins tab, locate 'Persona' and note the Version column, or query via script console: Jenkins.instance.pluginManager.plugins.find{it.shortName == 'persona'}.versionAffected if The version number is 2.4 or lower (e.g., 2.4, 2.3, 2.2, etc.)
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Confirm user permissions configurationReview user permissions in Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Manage Users, and check Overall permissions in Configure Global Security or Matrix-based security settingsAffected if Any user or group is granted Overall/Read permission, which is the minimum required to exploit this vulnerability
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Identify if the vulnerable file read endpoint is accessibleThe vulnerability allows reading arbitrary files via plugin-specific URLs. If unauthenticated or low-privilege users can make HTTP requests to Jenkins, they can exploit this flawAffected if Jenkins is accessible to users with only Overall/Read permission, or the plugin's API endpoints are reachable without higher privileges
Your environment is affected if the Jenkins Persona Plugin version 2.4 or earlier is installed AND any user has Overall/Read permission, allowing them to read arbitrary files on the Jenkins controller.
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 the Jenkins Persona Plugin to version 2.5 or later, which contains the fix for this vulnerability. Restrict plugin installations and review user permissions until the patch can be applied.
Fix this in Persona
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-2020-2293 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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