jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType…

Description

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

29.7% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.webjars.npm:jqueryGHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98 (opens in a new tab)
• NuGetjQueryGHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98 (opens in a new tab)
• RubyGemsjquery-railsGHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98 (opens in a new tab)
• npmjqueryGHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98 (opens in a new tab)

References (38)

• 105658 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20190509 dotCMS v5.1.1 Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20190510 dotCMS v5.1.1 HTML Injection & XSS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20190510 dotCMS v5.1.1 Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20190510 Re: dotCMS v5.1.1 HTML Injection & XSS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• [flink-user] 20190811 Apache flink 1.7.2 security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [flink-dev] 20190811 Apache flink 1.7.2 security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [flink-user] 20190813 Apache flink 1.7.2 security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [flink-user] 20190813 Re: Apache flink 1.7.2 security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [roller-commits] 20190820 [jira] [Created] (ROL-2150) Fix Js security vulnerabilities detected using retire js (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0481 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2020:0729 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2020:0395 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec126.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588/commits/c254d308a7d3f1eac4d0b42837804cfffcba4bb2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20150627 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-212-04 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/f60729f3903d17917dc351f3ac87794de379b0cc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152787/dotCMS-5.1.1-Vulnerable-Dependencies.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153237/RetireJS-CORS-Issue-Script-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-08 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156743/OctoberCMS-Insecure-Dependencies.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0004/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 08:43 UTC.