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 logic to be executed.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.063 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.063 · newest: 0.063 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jquery
- Juniper Junos — versions 21.2
- NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager
- NetApp Cloud Backup
- NetApp Oncommand System Manager
- NetApp Snap Creator Framework
- Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools — versions 8.58
- Jquery — versions All versions prior to version 1.9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001/ (Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html (Third Party Advisory)
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple… (Third Party Advisory)
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.