6.1

CVE-2012-6708: jquery

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2012-6708UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6708GHSA-2pqj-h3vj-pqgw
Published 18-01-2018Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6708 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in jquery. EPSS estimates a 8.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.63%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Duplicates 1 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0395-1SUSE-SU-2020:0737-1USN-7622-1CVE-2017-16011

Timeline

  1. 18-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

8.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 8.63% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.jquery.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasehardwareUnverified

    Linksys EA7500 2.0.8.194281 - Cross-Site Scripting

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine1 product
  • ruby< 2.5.6-r0
Jquery1 product
Npm1 product
  • jquery< 1.9.0
NuGet1 product
  • jquery< 1.9.0
Org.webjars.npm1 product
  • jquery< 1.9.0
RubyGems1 product
  • jquery-rails< 2.2.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • jquery< 1.7.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1

7 vendors · 7 products

References

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