CVE-2015-9251

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    CVE-2015-9251

    Published: 18 Jan 2018Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105658, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0481, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0729, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/f60729f3903d17917dc351f3ac87794de379b0cc, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588/commits/c254d308a7d3f1eac4d0b42837804cfffcba4bb2, https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-212-04, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0004/, https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20150627, https://sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec126.pdf, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/f60729f3903d17917dc351f3ac87794de379b0cc, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588/commits/c254d308a7d3f1eac4d0b42837804cfffcba4bb2, https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20150627, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152787/dotCMS-5.1.1-Vulnerable-Dependencies.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153237/RetireJS-CORS-Issue-Script-Execution.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156743/OctoberCMS-Insecure-Dependencies.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/10, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/11, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/13, https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba79cf1658741e9f146e4c59b50aee56656ea95d841d358d006c18b6%40%3Ccommits.roller.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/18, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html, https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-08

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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