jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.
CVE-2012-6708 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
JavaScript library for DOM operations
Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js
Path to dependency file: MongoDBRest/node_modules/jmespath/index.html
Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/jmespath/index.html
Dependency Hierarchy: - :x: **jquery-1.7.2.min.js** (Vulnerable Library)
Found in HEAD commit: fd8940b3548133438d50e52b7437dac7aa6a274f
Found in base branch: main
jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.
Publish Date: 2018-01-18
URL: CVE-2012-6708
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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Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6708
Release Date: 2018-01-18
Fix Resolution: jQuery - v1.9.0
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