CVE-2020-11023: JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-11023 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in JQuery. It is known to be exploited: CISA lists it, first on 23-01-2025. EPSS estimates a 84.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 1.10.5.
Listed as exploited by CISA (23-01-2025)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 24 · Duplicates 1 · Related 7Timeline
- 29-04-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-01-2025Added to CISA KEVExploitedJQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
- 13-02-2025CISA remediation dueDeadline passedApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- 21-10-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing <option> elements 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
14 scores · 13 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/E:H
- 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/E:H
- OSV · NugetEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:H
- OSV · RubygemsEcosystem advisory · calculated6.9MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:H
- NVDNIST6.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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
84.89%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
100%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 84.89% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs- Added
- 23-01-2025
- Federal due date
- 13-02-2025
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
CISA required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11023
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)
Maturity: unknown
jQuery 1.0.3 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page GenerationThe product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
- CWE-1395Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party ComponentThe product has a dependency on a third-party component that contains one or more known vulnerabilities.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat134 products
- bind-dyndb-ldap< 0:11.6-2.module+el8.4.0+9328+4ec4e316 | < 0:11.2-3.module+el8.2.0+21753+7109ce90.3
- bind-dyndb-ldap-debuginfo< 0:11.6-2.module+el8.4.0+9328+4ec4e316 | < 0:11.2-3.module+el8.2.0+21753+7109ce90.3
- bind-dyndb-ldap-debugsource< 0:11.6-2.module+el8.4.0+9328+4ec4e316 | < 0:11.2-3.module+el8.2.0+21753+7109ce90.3
- cpp< 0:8.5.0-23.el8_10 | < 0:11.3.1-4.4.el9_2 | < 0:11.4.1-4.el9_4 | < 0:11.2.1-9.5.el9_0 | < 0:8.5.0-10.4.el8_6 | < 0:8.3.1-8.el8_2 | < 0:8.5.0-18.3.el8_8 | < 0:8.4.1-1.4.el8_4 | < 0:11.5.0-5.el9_5 | < 0:4.8.5-40.el7_7 | < 0:4.8.5-45.el7_9
- cpp-debuginfo< 0:8.5.0-23.el8_10 | < 0:11.3.1-4.4.el9_2 | < 0:11.4.1-4.el9_4 | < 0:11.2.1-9.5.el9_0 | < 0:8.5.0-10.4.el8_6 | < 0:8.3.1-8.el8_2 | < 0:8.5.0-18.3.el8_8 | < 0:8.4.1-1.4.el8_4 | < 0:11.5.0-5.el9_5
Oracle30 products
- application_express< 20.2
- application_testing_suite13.3.0.1
- banking_enterprise_collections≥ 2.7.0, ≤ 2.8.0
- banking_platform≥ 2.4.0, ≤ 2.10.0
- blockchain_platform< 21.1.2 | 21.1.2
Netapp17 products
- active_iq_unified_managerna
- cloud_backupna
- cloud_insights_storage_workload_security_agentna
- h300e_firmwarena
- h300s_firmwarena
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-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu2 products
- drupal7< 7.26-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 | < 7.44-1ubuntu1~16.04.0+esm3
- jquery< 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-compatAll versions (No fix recorded)
Components1 product
- jquery≥ 1.0.3, < 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≥ 1.0.3, < 3.5.0
Npm1 product
- jquery≥ 1.0.3, < 3.5.0
NuGet1 product
- jquery≥ 1.0.3, < 3.5.0
Org.webjars.npm1 product
- jquery≥ 1.0.3, < 3.5.0
RubyGems1 product
- jquery-rails< 4.4.0
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References
276 links- github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6REPORTAdvisoryWEBThird Party Advisory
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- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.htmlVendor AdvisoryAdvisoryWEBBroken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00033.htmlMailing ListAdvisoryWEBThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/162160/jQuery-1.0.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlEVIDENCEWEBExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.htmlMailing ListAdvisoryWEBThird Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11023Government ResourceWEBUS Government Resource
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