Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting jquery package, versions >=1.4.2 <1.6.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDnpm:jquery:20140902
  • published20 Oct 2016
  • disclosed1 Sept 2014
  • creditMauro Risonho de Paula Assumpção

Introduced: 1 Sep 2014

CVE-2014-6071  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade jquery to version 1.6.2 or higher.

Overview

jquery is a package that makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS). due to using the text() function inside the after() function.

Details

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