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LowGHSA-52g6-pfrq-rxfv CVE-2013-5573CWE-79Published May 17, 2022

Jenkins allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in User Configuration

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Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default markup formatter in Jenkins 1.523 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field in the user configuration.

The fix

No fix commit could be resolved for this advisory (it may reference an issue tracker or a non-GitHub patch). See the references below.

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