CVE-2012-6708

jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:jquery:jquery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2018-01-18 23:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:46


NVD link : CVE-2012-6708

Mitre link : CVE-2012-6708

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-6708


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Products Affected

jquery

  • jquery
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')