CVE-2012-6662

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6662
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-24 16:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default content option in jquery.ui.tooltip.js in the Tooltip widget in jQuery UI before 1.10.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title attribute, which is not properly handled in the autocomplete combo box demo.

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 Jqueryui Jquery Ui 1.10.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
JQuery 'combobox.html' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Inadequate/dangerous jQuery behavior for 3rd party text/javascript responses · Issue #2432 · jquery/jquery · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Tooltip: Escape the title attribute so that it's treated as text and … · jquery/jquery-ui@f285440 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Autocomplete demo: Combobox: Encode search term inside tooltips. Fixe… · jquery/jquery-ui@5fee6fd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
#8861 (Tooltip: XSS vulnerability in default content) – jQuery UI af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.jqueryui.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
oss-sec: old CVE assignments for JQuery 1.10.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
#8859 (Autocomplete: XSS in combobox demo) – jQuery UI af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.jqueryui.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
oss-sec: Re: old CVE assignments for JQuery 1.10.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980932 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for jquery-ui (GHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6)
  • 995420 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui (GHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6)
  • 995437 DotNet (Nuget) Security Update for jQuery.UI.Combined (GHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6)
  • 995446 Rubygems (Rubygems) Security Update for jquery-ui-rails (GHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6)
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