Jenkins allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in User Configuration
Date: 2022-05
Affected: maven/org.jenkins-ci.main:jenkins-core
Attack vector: xss
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Low
CVE: CVE-2013-5573
CWE: CWE-79

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.


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