CVE-2020-11023 – jquery-rails

Package

Manager: gem
Name: jquery-rails
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <4.4.0

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.21547 pctl0.95506

Details

Potential XSS vulnerability in jQuery ### Impact Passing HTML containing `<option>` elements from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing them - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. `.html()`, `.append()`, and others) may execute untrusted code. ### Patches This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0. ### Workarounds To workaround this issue without upgrading, use [DOMPurify](https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify) with its `SAFE_FOR_JQUERY` option to sanitize the HTML string before passing it to a jQuery method. ### References https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, search for a relevant issue in [the jQuery repo](https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues). If you don't find an answer, open a new issue.

Metadata

Created: 2020-04-29T22:19:14Z
Modified: 2025-01-31T20:50:03Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/04/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-79"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6
Finding: F008
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