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Red Hat: CVE-2020-7656: CVE-2020-7656 jquery: Cross-site scripting (XSS) via

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-7656: CVE-2020-7656 jquery: Cross-site scripting (XSS) via <script> HTML tags containing whitespaces (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/19/2020
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-pcs
  • redhat-upgrade-pcs-snmp

References

  • CVE-2020-7656
  • RHSA-2021:4142

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