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CVE-2012-6708

Published: 2018-01-18T23:29Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T01:46Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
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. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt