QID 730869

Date Published: 2023-08-22

QID 730869: jQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)Vulnerability

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

Affected Versions:
jQuery versions before 3.0

QID Detection Logic (un-Authenticated):
This QID checks version of jquery.js file

On successful exploitation is allows an attacker to execute xss attack.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
    • Solution
    The vendor has released a fix to resolve the vulnerability. Refer to jQuery downloads to obtain additional details.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 730869

    CVE-2015-9251 |
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