CVE-2020-7656

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method

published May 19, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.06428 · 93.7th percentile
Published
2020-05-19T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 MAY 00:00Z
    jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method
    cvelistv5