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CVE-2020-11023: JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2020-11023
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: jQueryproduct: jQueryCross-site scripting
What
jQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Who is affected
All deployments using affected versions of jQuery.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Upgrade to the latest version of jQuery to mitigate the vulnerability.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2025-01-23
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11023

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2020-11023coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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