CVE-2020-7656

jquery: Cross-site scripting (XSS) via <script> HTML tags containing whitespaces

Published May 19, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 6.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0437 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q4m3-2j7h-f7xw Cross-Site Scripting in jquery
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