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Security checkNovember 09, 2023

jquery-ui Tooltip widget vulnerable to XSS

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Medium severitynpmjquery-ui

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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default content option in jquery.ui.tooltip.js in the Tooltip widget in jQuery UI before 1.10.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title attribute, which is not properly handled in the autocomplete combo box demo.

Recommendation

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

  • Affected version(s): < 1.10.0
  • Patched version(s): 1.10.0

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