Medium severity · published May 19, 2020
CVE-2020-7656
jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method
6.1
CVSS
6.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.4% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JO
Junos OS · Juniper
21.2 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
JQ
Jquery · Jquery
before 1.9.0 · source: NVD
OS
Oncommand System Manager · Netapp
3.0.0 through 3.1.3 · source: NVD
PE
Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools · Oracle
8.58 · source: NVD
SC
Snap Creator Framework · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7656
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7656
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001/
Exploit
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619
Third Party Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved-in-Junos-OS-21-2R1?language=en_US
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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