GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5 — medium GitHub Advisory (CVE-2011-4969) in npm/jquery

Description

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.

Basic information

Type: reviewed
Severity: medium
Advisory on GitHub: Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory: —
Source code: Browse source ↗
Published (advisory): 2022-05-14 01:09:51 UTC
Updated: 2026-01-14 21:43:53 UTC
GitHub reviewed: 2022-09-12 14:46:34 UTC
NVD published: 2013-03-08

Score	Percentile
5.57%	90.11%

CVSS Scores

No CVSS scores in this advisory.

Identifiers

Type	Value
GHSA	GHSA-579v-mp3v-rrw5 ↗
CVE	CVE-2011-4969 ↗

CWEs

CWE id	Name
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Credits

jhutchings1 (analyst)
klaudialax (analyst)

Affected packages (4)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	First patched	Vulnerable functions
npm	jquery	< 1.6.3	1.6.3	—
nuget	jQuery	< 1.6.3	1.6.3	—
rubygems	jquery-rails	< 1.0.16	1.0.16	—
maven	org.webjars.npm:jquery	< 1.6.3	1.6.3	—

jQuery vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)