Vulnerability identifier: #VU27052
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: Yes
Vulnerable software:
jQuery
Web applications /
JS libraries
Vendor: The jQuery Team
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the regex operation in "jQuery.htmlPrefilter". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses .html()</code>, <code>.append()
or similar methods for it and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
jQuery: 1.2 - 3.4.1
CPE
External links
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-565129
http://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/1d61fd9407e6fbe82fe55cb0b938307aa0791f77
http://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/
http://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?