vulnerability
Joomla!: [20200604] - Core - XSS in jQuery.htmlPrefilter (CVE-2020-11022)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Apr 29, 2020 | Jun 3, 2020 | Apr 15, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 29, 2020
Added
Jun 3, 2020
Modified
Apr 15, 2026
Description
In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.
Solution
joomla-upgrade-3_9_19
References
Rapid7 Labs
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