CVE-2020-7656

Exp

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.

Published: 2020-05-19 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-7656 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.27%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.38% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-7656

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
52141 exploit_db edb 2025-04-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-7656

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 0.89% 6.27% +5.38%
2 2026-05-28 0.97% 0.89% -0.08%
3 2026-05-22 — 0.97% —

Full EPSS history (44 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-7656

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
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-2020-7656

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-7656

GHSA-q4m3-2j7h-f7xw · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Cross-Site Scripting in jquery

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-7656

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7656
ubuntu low CVE-2020-7656 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jquery), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 3, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-7656

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-7656

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jquery jquery < 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:jquery:jquery:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools 8.58 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp cloud_backup — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_system_manager >= 3.0.0, <= 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_system_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snap_creator_framework — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snap_creator_framework:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper junos 21.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:junos:21.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-7656

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