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
- 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
- N/a Jquery — versions All versions prior to version 1.9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- report@snyk.io (Third Party Advisory)
- report@snyk.io (Third Party Advisory)
- report@snyk.io (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- report@snyk.io (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.