GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5

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    GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 3 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2011-4969

    Summary: jQuery vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery before 1.6.3, when using location.hash to select elements, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted tag.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4969, https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/db9e023e62c1ff5d8f21ed9868ab6878da2005e9, https://github.com/jquery/jquery, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2011-4969.yml, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0007, https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-JQUERY-450224, http://blog.jquery.com/2011/09/01/jquery-1-6-3-released, http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2011/07/jquery-is-sink.html, http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/9521, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/31/3, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1722-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jquery

    Purl: pkg:npm/jquery

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.3

    Affected versions

    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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