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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 02:13

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References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E', 'name': '[drill-issues] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E', 'name': '[drill-dev] 20191021 [jira] [Created] (DRILL-7416) Updates required to dependencies to resolve potential security vulnerabilities', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E', 'name': '[drill-dev] 20191017 Dependencies used by Drill contain known vulnerabilities', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MLIST'}
  • () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E -
  • () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E -
  • () https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E -

25 Mar 2021, 16:15

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References
  • (MISC) http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161972/Linksys-EA7500-2.0.8.194281-Cross-Site-Scripting.html -

Information

Published : 2018-01-18 23:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30


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')