JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
JQuery — JQuery
- Added to KEV catalog
- 23 January 2025
- Federal remediation due date
- 13 February 2025
- Weakness classification (CWE)
- CWE-79
CISA Description
JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. When passing maliciously formed, untrusted input enclosed in HTML tags, JQuery's DOM manipulators can execute untrusted code in the context of the user's browser.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6 ; https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11023
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