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CVE-2020-2230 (GCVE-0-2020-2230)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-12 13:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 07:01
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Summary
Jenkins 2.251 and earlier, LTS 2.235.3 and earlier does not escape the project naming strategy description, resulting in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by users with Overall/Manage permission.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Jenkins project Jenkins Affected: unspecified , ≤ 2.251 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ LTS 2.235.3 (custom)
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