CVE-2012-6662

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6662
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-24 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-14 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

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