jQuery vulnerabilities1 known to be exploited.
jQuery has 12 published vulnerabilities across 2 products in our catalogue. 1 of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited, so criminals are using them now. The most affected product is jQuery, with 12. If you run jQuery software, patch the exploited flaws first.
The most recent jQuery flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-11023, on 23 January 2025. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Which jQuery vulnerabilities are being exploited?
1 flaw is on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 6.9JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Which jQuery flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- >99%CVE-2020-11022Medium
In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.2 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e.
- 87%CVE-2019-11358Medium
jQuery before 3.4.0, as used in Drupal, Backdrop CMS, and other products, mishandles jQuery.extend(true, {}, ...) because of Object.prototype pollution.
- 85%
In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing <option> elements from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e.
- 30%CVE-2015-9251Medium
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.
- 19%CVE-2011-4969Medium
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery before 1.6.3, when using location.hash to select elements, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted tag.
- 8.6%CVE-2012-6708Medium
jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
- 6.4%CVE-2020-7656Medium
jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method.
- 3.2%CVE-2016-10707High
jQuery 3.0.0-rc.1 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to removing a logic that lowercased attribute names.
- 2.8%CVE-2007-2379Medium
The jQuery framework exchanges data using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) without an associated protection scheme, which allows remote attackers to obtain the data via a web page that retrieves the data through a...
- 2.3%CVE-2014-6071Medium
jQuery 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to use of the text method inside after.
All jQuery products we track.
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1 flaw being exploited affects software Acme tracks
JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. When passing maliciously formed, untrusted input enclosed in HTML tags, JQuery's DOM manipulators can execute untrusted code in the context of the user's browser.
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- jQuery on Acme's software list
- What to do
- Patch first, then check for signs of use
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Our catalogue lists 12 published vulnerabilities across 2 products and 134 versions from jQuery. The most recent jQuery flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-11023, on 23 January 2025.
1 jQuery vulnerability is on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added is CVE-2020-11023. The full list is on this page.
jQuery, with 12 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.
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