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CVE-2020-11023

jquery jQuery — Potential XSS vulnerability in jQuery
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   R  C  H  L  N    6.9   .8489   99.7   YES
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions             Fixed
  jQuery   >= 1.0.3, < 3.5.0 –  —
TIMELINE
  Mar 30  Reserved by GitHub_M
  Apr 29  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
  Jan 23  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-02-13
CWE-79 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 67 references · KEV due February 13, 2025

Description

In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing <option> elements 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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
March 30, 2020ReservedReserved by GitHub_M
April 29, 2020PublishedPublished (CNA: GitHub_M)
January 23, 2025KEV ADDEDAdded to CISA KEV, remediation due 2025-02-13

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
jqueryjQuery—>= 1.0.3, < 3.5.0—

Weaknesses

CWE-79

References (67)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2020-11023 at cve.org

Vendors: jquery

Weaknesses: CWE-79

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