Cross-Site Scripting in jquery

Description

Versions of jquery prior to 1.9.0 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. 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. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim’s browser.

Recommendation

Update the jquery package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 1.2.1, < 1.9.0
• Patched version(s): 1.9.0

References

• GHSA-q4m3-2j7h-f7xw
• snyk.io
• www.oracle.com
• supportportal.juniper.net
• security.netapp.com
• CVE-2020-7656
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

jquery