CVE-2011-4969

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-03-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4969 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.19%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +12.87% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-4969

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4969

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.32% 19.19% +12.87%
2 2026-05-28 6.49% 6.32% -0.16%
3 2026-05-22 6.49%

Full EPSS history (48 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4969

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4969

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2011-4969

GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — jQuery vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-4969

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4969
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-4969 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jquery), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): released 3, not-affected 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4969

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4969

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jquery jquery <= 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:jquery:jquery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jquery jquery 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:jquery:jquery:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jquery jquery 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:jquery:jquery:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4969

URL Tags
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.osvdb.org/80056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58458
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036620
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1722-1
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/db9e023e62c1ff5d8f21ed9868ab6878da2005e9 Exploit Patch
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05232730
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0007/
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