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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-ruby | Oct 1, 2024 | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubyamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-docamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ruby-libsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimalamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-bundleramazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-did_you_meanamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-io-consoleamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-irbamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-jsonamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-minitestamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-net-telnetamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-opensslamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-power_assertamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-psychamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-rakeamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-rdocamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-test-unitamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygem-xmlrpcamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygemsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rubygems-devel | Sep 28, 2023 | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| Amazon_linux | — | amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby24 | Sep 1, 2020 | Jan 18, 2018 |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| F5 Big Ip | f5-bigip-upgrade-latest | Jun 17, 2026 | Nov 28, 2018 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-rubyfreebsd-upgrade-package-rubygem-rdoc | Aug 30, 2019 | Aug 29, 2019 | |
| Jquery | jquery-upgrade-1_9_0 | Feb 6, 2018 | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-consolidation-osnet-osnet-incorporation-11-4-11-4-1-0-1-4-0 | Oct 19, 2018 | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-libruby2_5-2_5suse-upgrade-ruby2-5suse-upgrade-ruby2-5-develsuse-upgrade-ruby2-5-devel-extrasuse-upgrade-ruby2-5-docsuse-upgrade-ruby2-5-doc-risuse-upgrade-ruby2-5-stdlib | Aug 9, 2024 | Jan 18, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libjs-jquery | Jun 26, 2025 | Jan 18, 2018 |
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