CVE-2012-6708
jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a...
- Published
- Jan 18, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Mar 25, 2021
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 95.0%
- Model date
- Oct 12, 2026
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Summary
jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.
Sources
MiningOmerta · hardware · Mar 25, 2021
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