CVE-2020-7656 Security Details

CVE ID

CVE-2020-7656

CWE

CWE-79

CVE Description

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.

Published

May 21, 2020

CVSS Score & Severity

6.1Medium

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score

0.889%

Malware

malware

KEV Status

Not in KEV Catalog: No known exploits

Affected Ecosystems

affected

Source

National Vulnerability Database

References

cybersecurity-help.czATTACK

GitHub · Advisory · GHSA-q4m3-2j7h-f7xwTHIRD_PARTY