XSS in the `of` option of the `.position()` util in jquery-ui

Description

Accepting the value of the of option of the .position() util from untrusted sources may execute untrusted code. For example, invoking the following code:

will call the doEvilThing() function.

Recommendation

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

• Affected version(s): < 1.13.0
• Patched version(s): 1.13.0

References

• GHSA-gpqq-952q-5327
• www.drupal.org
• www.oracle.com
• www.tenable.com
• lists.debian.org
• security.netapp.com
• lists.fedoraproject.org
• blog.jqueryui.com
• seclists.org
• CVE-2021-41184
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• The AuthKit Remix Library renders sensitive auth data in HTML - CVE-2025-55009
• jQuery UI vulnerable to XSS when refreshing a checkboxradio with an HTML-like initial text label - CVE-2022-31160

Tags:

npm

jquery-ui