CVE-2011-4969

Summary

CVECVE-2011-4969
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-08 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery before 1.6.3, when using location.hash to select elements, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted tag.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Jquery Jquery 1.6 All All All
Application Jquery Jquery 1.6.1 All All All
Application Jquery Jquery All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
jQuery: » jQuery 1.6.3 Released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.jquery.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
USN-1722-1: jQuery vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
www.osvdb.org/80056 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
jQuery 'location.hash' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Merge pull request #474 from dmethvin/fix-9521-xss-hash · db9e023 · jquery/jquery · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
September 2018 jQuery Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.netapp.com
oss-security - jQuery 1.6.2 XSS CVE assignment af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
#9521 (XSS with $(location.hash) and $(#<tag>) is needed?) – jQuery Core - Bug Tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.jquery.com
HPE integrated Lights Out (iLO) Input Validation Flaw in JQuery Lets Remote Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Minded Security Blog: jQuery is a Sink! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.mindedsecurity.com
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375442 HPE System Management Homepage Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPESBMU03593)
  • 995411 Rubygems (Rubygems) Security Update for jquery-rails (GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5)
  • 995534 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.webjars.npm:jquery (GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5)
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