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CVE-2020-7656

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Date: May 18, 2020

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.

Language: Java

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Related Resources (14)

https://github.com/jquery/jquery
https://github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#220-19-january-2013
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved-in-Junos-OS-21-2R1?language=en_US
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/606b863edaff29035960e4d813b45d63b8d92876
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7656
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2020-7656.yml
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/05531fc4080ae24070930d15ae0cea7ae056457d
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7656
https://github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/v2.1.4/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.js#L7481
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/9e6393b0bcb52b15313f88141d0bd7dd54227426/src/ajax.js#L203
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-7656

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-79

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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