Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting jquery package, versions <2.2.4+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-JQUERY-570735
  • published30 May 2020
  • disclosed19 May 2020

Introduced: 19 May 2020

CVE-2020-7656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 jquery to version 2.2.4+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jquery package and not the jquery package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.

CVSS Scores

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