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CVE-2020-11022jQuery has a potential XSS vulnerability
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 99.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- jQuery 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49766webapps, multiplepublished 14 Apr 2021Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 30 days later
· 30 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.2% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
Affected packages
Affected packages7
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.webjars.npm:jqueryGHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)
- NuGetjqueryGHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistathlon1600/youtube-downloaderGHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistcomponents/jqueryGHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)
- Packagistmaximebf/debugbarGHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)
- RubyGemsjquery-railsGHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)
- npmjqueryGHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)
References
References71
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/issues/447 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/1d61fd9407e6fbe82fe55cb0b938307aa0791f77 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/commit/847216e60544258c881f2733d699bbcfeefac0fc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPDY6FFCOH3W (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-03 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCvendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4693 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCvendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/releases/tag/3.5.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2020-11022.yml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0483ba0072783c2e1bfea613984bfb3c86e73ba8879d780dc1cc7d36@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r49ce4243b4738dd763caeb27fa8ad6afb426ae3e8c011ff00b8b1f48@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54565a8f025c7c4f305355fdfd75b68eca442eebdb5f31c2e7d977ae@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r564585d97bc069137e64f521e68ba490c7c9c5b342df5d73c49a0760@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r706cfbc098420f7113968cc377247ec3d1439bce42e679c11c609e2d@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f70b0f65d6bedf316ecd899371fd89e65333bc988f6326d2956735c@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb448222ba62c430e21e13f940be4cb5cfc373cd3bce56b48c0ffa67@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdf44341677cf7eec7e9aa96dcf3f37ed709544863d619cca8c36f133@%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4ae96fa5c1a2fe71ccbb7b7ac1538bd0cb677be270a2bf6e2f8d108@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rede9cfaa756e050a3d83045008f84a62802fc68c17f2b4eabeaae5e4@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree3bd8ddb23df5fa4e372d11c226830ea3650056b1059f3965b3fce2@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00033.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCmailing-listx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCmailing-listx_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AVKYXLWCLZBV2N7M46KYK4LVA5OXWPBY (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QPN2L2XVQGUA2V5HNQJWHK3APSK3VN7K (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SAPQVX3XDNPGFT26QAQ6AJIXZZBZ4CD4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SFP4UK4EGP4AFH2MWYJ5A5Z4I7XVFQ6B (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0006 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-11be4b36d4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-36d2db5f51 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0006/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [airflow-commits] 20200820 [GitHub] [airflow] breser opened a new issue #10429: jquery dependency needs to be updated to 3.5.0 or newer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-fbb94073a1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-0b32a59b54 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-fe94df8c34 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20201105 [jira] [Created] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-dev] 20201105 [jira] [Created] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1888 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20201129 [jira] [Commented] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20210209 [jira] [Commented] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20210209 [jira] [Comment Edited] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20210422 [jira] [Updated] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20210422 [jira] [Commented] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20210429 [jira] [Commented] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20210429 [jira] [Updated] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [flink-issues] 20211031 [jira] [Updated] (FLINK-20014) Resolve CVE-2020-11022 and CVE-2020-11023 in scala-compiler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-0383 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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