CVE-2020-11023 - JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Vulnerability Name

JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

Description

JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. When passing maliciously formed, untrusted input enclosed in HTML tags, JQuery's DOM manipulators can execute untrusted code in the context of the user's browser.

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns?

Unknown

Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Additional Notes

https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11023

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