CVE-2012-6662
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default content option in jquery.ui.tooltip.js in the Tooltip widget in jQuery UI before…
- Published
- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default content option in jquery.ui.tooltip.js in the Tooltip widget in jQuery UI before 1.10.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title attribute, which is not properly handled in the autocomplete combo box demo.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 days later
· 10 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.webjars.npm:jquery-uiGHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetjQuery.UI.CombinedGHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6 (opens in a new tab)
- RubyGemsjquery-ui-railsGHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6 (opens in a new tab)
- npmjquery-uiGHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6 (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0442 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/8861 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- jqueryui-cve20126662-xss(98697) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141114 Re: old CVE assignments for JQuery 1.10.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/f2854408cce7e4b7fc6bf8676761904af9c96bde (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1462 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/8859 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 71107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141114 old CVE assignments for JQuery 1.10.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/5fee6fd5000072ff32f2d65b6451f39af9e0e39e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qqxp-xp9v-vvx6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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