Medium

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in jquery

  • Disclosed: 22.01.2018
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:23

Affected versions of jquery interpret text/javascript responses from cross-origin ajax requests, and automatically execute the contents in jQuery.globalEval, even when the ajax request doesn't contain the dataType option.

Recommendation

Update to version 3.0.0 or later.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.webjars.npm:jquery < 1.12.2, >= 1.12.3, < 3.0.0 1.12.2, 3.0.0
npm package jquery < 1.12.2, >= 1.12.3, < 3.0.0 1.12.2, 3.0.0
.NET (NuGet) jQuery < 1.12.2, >= 1.12.3, < 3.0.0 1.12.2, 3.0.0

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven), npm, .NET (NuGet)
Package
org.webjars.npm:jquery, jquery, jQuery
Disclosed
22.01.2018
Updated
11.10.2026 11:23

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.webjars.npm:jquery

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
8
First → latest
01.2018 05.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
1

Severity breakdown

  • High 1
  • Medium 7

Disclosures per year

  1. 2018: 2
  2. 2019: 1
  3. 2020: 4
  4. 2021: 0
  5. 2022: 1
  6. 2023: 0
  7. 2024: 0
  8. 2025: 0
  9. 2026: 0
  1. Medium CVE-2011-4969 < 1.6.3 1.6.3
  2. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2012-6708 < 1.9.0 1.9.0
  3. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2020-7656 >= 1.2.1, < 1.9.0 1.9.0
  4. Medium · 6.5 Exploited in attacks CVE-2020-11023 >= 1.0.3, < 3.5.0 3.5.0
  5. Medium · 6.9 CVE-2020-11022 >= 1.12.0, < 3.5.0 3.5.0
  6. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2019-11358 >= 1.1.4, < 3.4.0 3.4.0
  7. High · 7.5 CVE-2016-10707 >= 3.0.0-rc1, < 3.0.0 3.0.0
  8. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in jquery this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2015-9251 < 1.12.2, >= 1.12.3, < 3.0.0 1.12.2, 3.0.0

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