GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — jQuery vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
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.
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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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — jQuery vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4969 |
ubuntu
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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 |