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CVE-2020-11022

jQuery has a potential XSS vulnerability

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.16.9MediumEPSS percentile99th99% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 3 sourcesFixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub, BDU, CSAF

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Potential XSS vulnerability in jQuery

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

3 sources with a proof of concept or module.

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EPSS

99% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

A public exploit existed 38 days before the patch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. EPSS band changelow → critical
  3. Patch availableworkaround available, record updated
  4. Public exploit / PoCsource: github-poc
  5. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 6.9 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity HighRequires specific conditions like a race condition or non-default configuration
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

  • Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity LowData modification is possible but limited in scope or consequence
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

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