CVE-2015-9251

high-risk
Published 2018-01-18

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.

Do I need to act?

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27.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 73% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.1/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

67
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 15/34 · Moderate
Exposure 29/34 · Critical