Vulnerability CVE-2012-6708
Published: 2018-01-18   Modified: 2018-01-19

Description:
jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Jquery -> Jquery 

 References:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153237/RetireJS-CORS-Issue-Script-Execution.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102792
https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/11290
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/05531fc4080ae24070930d15ae0cea7ae056457d
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20120206
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