jQuery UI is a curated set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of jQuery. Versions prior to 1.13.2 are potentially vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Initializing a checkboxradio widget on an input enclosed within a label makes that parent label contents considered as the input label. Calling `.checkboxradio( "refresh" )` on such a widget and the initial HTML contained encoded HTML entities will make them erroneously get decoded. This can lead to potentially executing JavaScript code. The bug has been patched in jQuery UI 1.13.2. To remediate the issue, someone who can change the initial HTML can wrap all the non-input contents of the `label` in a `span`.
CVE-2022-31160 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - jquery-ui-1.8.16.min.js
A curated set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library.
Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.16/jquery-ui.min.js
Path to vulnerable library: /example_app/WebGoat/Resources/client-scripts/jquery-ui-1.8.16.custom.min.js
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **jquery-ui-1.8.16.min.js** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: 1fe9597afedaa3cd9be3380a151988848af718ed
Found in base branch: main
Vulnerability Details
jQuery UI is a curated set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of jQuery. Versions prior to 1.13.2 are potentially vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Initializing a checkboxradio widget on an input enclosed within a label makes that parent label contents considered as the input label. Calling `.checkboxradio( "refresh" )` on such a widget and the initial HTML contained encoded HTML entities will make them erroneously get decoded. This can lead to potentially executing JavaScript code. The bug has been patched in jQuery UI 1.13.2. To remediate the issue, someone who can change the initial HTML can wrap all the non-input contents of the `label` in a `span`.
Publish Date: 2022-07-20
URL: CVE-2022-31160
CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)
Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: Required - Scope: Changed - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: Low - Integrity Impact: Low - Availability Impact: None
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Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-31160
Release Date: 2022-07-20
Fix Resolution: jquery-ui - 1.13.2