CVE-2020-7656

moderate-risk
Published 2020-05-19

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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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 Products (9)

Affected Vendors

Oracle Juniper Jquery Netapp

References (8)

Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001/
Exploit https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619
Third Party Advisory https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-M...
Third Party Advisory https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001/
Exploit https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619
Third Party Advisory https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-M...
Third Party Advisory https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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moderate-risk
Severity 23/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate