XSS in Jquery

CVE-2020-7656

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…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.063 (92.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7656?
CVE-2020-7656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jquery, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2020-7656?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7656 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.