CVE-2020-11023 — JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
CVE-2020-11023: JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | JQuery |
| Product | JQuery |
| Date added | 2025-01-23 |
| Due date | 2025-02-13 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
Description
JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. When passing maliciously formed, untrusted input enclosed in HTML tags, JQuery's DOM manipulators can execute untrusted code in the context of the user's browser.
Required action (CISA)
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6 ; https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11023
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11023
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog