XSS in Jquery-Validation

CVE-2025-3573

Versions of the package jquery-validation before 1.20.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the showLabel() function, which may take input from a user-controlled placeholder value. This value will populate a message via $.validator.messages in a user localizable dictionary.

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: 0.004 (26.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-3573: held from 0.003 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Jquery-Validation — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-3573?
CVE-2025-3573 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jquery-Validation, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2025-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2025-3573?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.