CVE-2020-7656

MEDIUM

Jquery < 1.9.0 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

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 logic to be executed.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by xOryus · textwebappsmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52141

References (4)

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0111
EPSS Percentile 77.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-79
Status published

Affected Products (13)

jquery/jquery < 1.9.0
oracle/peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/oncommand_system_manager < 3.1.3
netapp/snap_creator_framework
juniper/junos
npm/jquery < 1.9.0npm
nuget/jQuery < 1.9.0NuGet
rubygems/jquery-rails < 2.2.0RubyGems
org.webjars.npm/jquery < 1.9.0Maven

Timeline

Published May 19, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026