CVE-2020-11022: jQuery has a potential XSS vulnerability
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-11022 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 99.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 26 · Related 10Timeline
- 29-04-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-11-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.
CVSS metrics
13 scores · 12 sources · 2 versions- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · NpmEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- OSV · NugetEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- OSV · RubygemsEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- NVDNIST6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
99.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
100%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 99.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)
Maturity: unknown
jQuery 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse63 products
- bind-formula&distro=SUSE Manager Server 3.2< 0.1.1584363976.36bce64-3.6.1
- branch-network-formula&distro=SUSE Manager Server 3.2< 0.1.1584363976.36bce64-3.9.1
- cobbler&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.1< 3.0.0+git20190806.32c4bae0-5.3.6
- golang-github-QubitProducts-exporter_exporter&distro=SUSE Manager Proxy Module 4.1< 0.4.0-6.3.6
- golang-github-QubitProducts-exporter_exporter&distro=SUSE Manager Server Module 4.1< 0.4.0-6.3.6
Oracle50 products
- agile_product_lifecycle_management_for_process6.2.0.0
- agile_product_supplier_collaboration_for_process6.2.0.0
- application_testing_suite13.3.0.1
- banking_digital_experience18.1 | 18.2 | 18.3 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 20.1 | ≥ 18.1, ≤ 20.1
- blockchain_platform< 21.1.2
Debian3 products
- node-jquery< 3.5.0+dfsg-2
- zncAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.10.3-1
- debian_linuxEOL9.0
Alpine2 products
- cacti< 1.2.13-r0
- drupal7< 7.70-r0
Chainguard2 products
- keycloak-26.6All versions (No fix recorded)
- keycloak-26.6-iamguarded-compat< 26.6.6-r0
Opensuse2 products
- leapEOL15.1 | 15.2
- syncthing&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.1.0-1.1
Ubuntu2 products
- drupal7< 7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 | < 7.44-1ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm3
- jquery< 1.11.3+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 3.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 3.3.1~dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
Wolfi2 products
- keycloak-26.6All versions (No fix recorded)
- keycloak-26.6-iamguarded-compat< 26.6.6-r0
Athlon16001 product
- youtube-downloader< 4.0.1
Components1 product
- jquery≥ 1.12.0, < 3.5.0
Drupal1 product
- drupal≥ 7.0, < 7.70 | ≥ 8.7.0, < 8.7.14 | ≥ 8.8.0, < 8.8.6
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL31 | 32 | 33
Jquery1 product
- jquery≥ 1.12.0, < 3.5.0 | ≥ 1.2, < 3.5.0
Maximebf1 product
- debugbar< 1.19.0
Npm1 product
- jquery≥ 1.12.0, < 3.5.0
NuGet1 product
- jquery≥ 1.12.0, < 3.5.0
Org.webjars.npm1 product
- jquery≥ 1.12.0, < 3.5.0
Redhat1 product
- atomic-openshift-web-console< 0:3.11.219-1.git.1.9b9b889.el7
RubyGems1 product
- jquery-rails< 4.4.0
Tenable1 product
- log_correlation_engine< 6.0.9
21 vendors · 151 products
References
143 links- github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2X Refsource CONFIRMREPORTAdvisoryWEBMitigationThird Party Advisory
- github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/1d61fd9407e6fbe82fe55cb0b938307aa0791f77X Refsource MISCFIXWEBPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/commit/847216e60544258c881f2733d699bbcfeefac0fcX Refsource MISCFIXWEB
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- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2020-11022.ymlX Refsource MISCAdvisoryWEB
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00033.htmlX Refsource MISCAdvisoryWEBMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/X TransferredREPORTAdvisoryRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.htmlVendor AdvisoryX TransferredWEBBroken Link
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.htmlVendor AdvisoryX TransferredWEBBroken Link
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.htmlVendor AdvisoryX TransferredWEBBroken Link
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlX TransferredEVIDENCEExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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