jQuery has a potential XSS vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11022
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-29 22:15:11 UTC
Updated2026-04-13 15:16:29 UTC
DescriptionIn jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-79 CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED6.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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 Drupal Drupal All All All All
Application Jquery Jquery All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Jquery JQuery affected >= 1.12.0, < 3.5.0 Not specified

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Legacy QID Mappings

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  • 14011 Ansible Tower Security Update 3.8.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • 159652 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for idm:dl1 and idm:client (ELSA-2020-4670)
  • 159661 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for jquery-ui (ELSA-2022-9177)
  • 159679 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 and pki-deps:10.6 (ELSA-2020-4847)
  • 178505 Debian Security Update for jquery (DLA 2608-1)
  • 20288 Oracle Database 19c Critical OJVM Patch Update - October 2020
  • 20297 Oracle Database 18c Critical OJVM Patch Update - October 2020
  • 20313 Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 Critical OJVM Patch Update - October 2020
  • 241153 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 (RHSA-2023:0554)
  • 241154 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 (RHSA-2023:0552)
  • 241155 Red Hat Update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 (RHSA-2023:0553)
  • 296073 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 24.75.2 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 375482 Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Product Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUAPR2021)
  • 375584 Dell NetWorker Security Update for Multiple Vulnerabilities (DSA-2020-262)
  • 375630 HPE System Management Homepage Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilitiy
  • 377492 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for ipa (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0169)
  • 500875 Alpine Linux Security Update for drupal7
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  • 590764 Mitsubishi Electric EcoWebServerIII Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-22-055-02)
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  • 6000085 Debian Security Update for otrs2 (DLA 3551-1)
  • 690483 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for cacti (cd2dc126-cfe4-11ea-9172-4c72b94353b5)
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  • 87467 Oracle WebLogic Server Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUOCT2021)
  • 940071 AlmaLinux Security Update for idm:DL1 and idm:client (ALSA-2020:4670)
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  • 960340 Rocky Linux Security Update for idm:DL1 and idm:client (RLSA-2020:4670)
  • 960454 Rocky Linux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 and pki-deps:10.6 (RLSA-2020:4847)
  • 980083 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for jquery (GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2)
  • 995403 DotNet (Nuget) Security Update for jquery (GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2)
  • 995409 Rubygems (Rubygems) Security Update for jquery-rails (GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2)
  • 995461 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.webjars.npm:jquery (GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2)
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