CVE-2021-21642 (GCVE-0-2021-21642)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-21 14:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:16
VLAI
Summary
Jenkins Config File Provider Plugin 3.7.0 and earlier does not configure its XML parser to prevent XML external entity (XXE) attacks.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins project Jenkins Config File Provider Plugin Affected: unspecified , ≤ 3.7.0 (custom)
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