CVE-2020-11022
jQuery has a potential XSS vulnerability
- Published
- Apr 29, 2020
- Updated
- Apr 13, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Apr 14, 2021
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.
Sources
4Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2020-11022, a DOM-based XSS vulnerability in jQuery versions below 3.5.0. Demonstrates payload injection via .html() method to trigger cross-site scripting.
- https-nj.gov---CVE-2020-11022Informational
Vulnearability Report of the New Jersey official site
Little thing put together quickly to demonstrate this CVE
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