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CVE-2019-14957 (GCVE-0-2019-14957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-01 15:39 – Updated: 2024-08-05 00:34
VLAI
Summary
The JetBrains Vim plugin before version 0.52 was storing individual project data in the global vim_settings.xml file. This xml file could be synchronized to a publicly accessible GitHub repository.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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