CVE-2016-10707: jquery Uncontrolled Recursion
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-10707 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in jquery. EPSS estimates a 3.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 18-01-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
jQuery 3.0.0-rc.1 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) due to removing a logic that lowercased attribute names. Any attribute getter using a mixed-cased name for boolean attributes goes into an infinite recursion, exceeding the stack call limit.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · NugetEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · RubygemsEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.23%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.35 pp
From 2.89% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundJquery
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Jquery1 product
- jquery3.0.0:rc1
Npm1 product
- jquery≥ 3.0.0-rc.1, < 3.0.0
NuGet1 product
- jquery≥ 3.0.0-rc.1, < 3.0.0
Org.webjars.npm1 product
- jquery≥ 3.0.0-rc1, < 3.0.0
RubyGems1 product
- jquery-rails≥ 3.0.0-rc.1, < 3.0.0
5 vendors · 5 products
References
9 links
- github.com/jquery/jqueryPACKAGE