CVE-2020-2196 — selenium
HIGHCVE-2020-2196 is a high-severity (CVSS 8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in org.jenkins-ci.plugins:selenium. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
Complete lack of CSRF protection in Jenkins Selenium Plugin can lead to OS command injection
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
org.jenkins-ci.plugins:seleniumReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Selenium Plugin 3.141.59 and earlier has no CSRF protection for its HTTP endpoints.
This allows attackers to perform the following actions:
- Restart the Selenium Grid hub.
- Delete or replace the plugin configuration.
- Start, stop, or restart Selenium configurations on specific nodes.
Through carefully chosen configuration parameters, these actions can result in OS command injection on the Jenkins controller.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.jenkins-ci.plugins:selenium | all versions | No fix |
Affected Products
seleniumjenkinsDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.jenkins-ci.plugins:selenium, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
The records we use list no patched version of org.jenkins-ci.plugins:selenium for CVE-2020-2196. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.
Mitigate without a patch
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-2196 in your dependencies?
Find it across Maven, including transitive dependencies.