CVE-2020-11022

6.9 MEDIUM
Published: April 29, 2020 Modified: April 13, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0006
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/1d61fd9407e6fbe82fe55cb0b938307aa0791f77
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/releases/tag/3.5.0
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/commit/847216e60544258c881f2733d699bbcfeefac0fc
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/issues/447
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2020-11022.yml
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0483ba0072783c2e1bfea613984bfb3c86e73ba8879d780dc1cc7d36@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r49ce4243b4738dd763caeb27fa8ad6afb426ae3e8c011ff00b8b1f48@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54565a8f025c7c4f305355fdfd75b68eca442eebdb5f31c2e7d977ae@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r564585d97bc069137e64f521e68ba490c7c9c5b342df5d73c49a0760@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r706cfbc098420f7113968cc377247ec3d1439bce42e679c11c609e2d@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f70b0f65d6bedf316ecd899371fd89e65333bc988f6326d2956735c@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb448222ba62c430e21e13f940be4cb5cfc373cd3bce56b48c0ffa67@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdf44341677cf7eec7e9aa96dcf3f37ed709544863d619cca8c36f133@%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4ae96fa5c1a2fe71ccbb7b7ac1538bd0cb677be270a2bf6e2f8d108@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rede9cfaa756e050a3d83045008f84a62802fc68c17f2b4eabeaae5e4@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree3bd8ddb23df5fa4e372d11c226830ea3650056b1059f3965b3fce2@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00033.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVKYXLWCLZBV2N7M46KYK4LVA5OXWPBY
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QPN2L2XVQGUA2V5HNQJWHK3APSK3VN7K
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SAPQVX3XDNPGFT26QAQ6AJIXZZBZ4CD4
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SFP4UK4EGP4AFH2MWYJ5A5Z4I7XVFQ6B
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPDY6FFCOH3W
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-03
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4693
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-002
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-10
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-11
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-02
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-10
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/1d61fd9407e6fbe82fe55cb0b938307aa0791f77
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0483ba0072783c2e1bfea613984bfb3c86e73ba8879d780dc1cc7d36%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r49ce4243b4738dd763caeb27fa8ad6afb426ae3e8c011ff00b8b1f48%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54565a8f025c7c4f305355fdfd75b68eca442eebdb5f31c2e7d977ae%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r564585d97bc069137e64f521e68ba490c7c9c5b342df5d73c49a0760%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r706cfbc098420f7113968cc377247ec3d1439bce42e679c11c609e2d%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f70b0f65d6bedf316ecd899371fd89e65333bc988f6326d2956735c%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb448222ba62c430e21e13f940be4cb5cfc373cd3bce56b48c0ffa67%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdf44341677cf7eec7e9aa96dcf3f37ed709544863d619cca8c36f133%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4ae96fa5c1a2fe71ccbb7b7ac1538bd0cb677be270a2bf6e2f8d108%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rede9cfaa756e050a3d83045008f84a62802fc68c17f2b4eabeaae5e4%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree3bd8ddb23df5fa4e372d11c226830ea3650056b1059f3965b3fce2%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00033.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVKYXLWCLZBV2N7M46KYK4LVA5OXWPBY/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QPN2L2XVQGUA2V5HNQJWHK3APSK3VN7K/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SAPQVX3XDNPGFT26QAQ6AJIXZZBZ4CD4/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SFP4UK4EGP4AFH2MWYJ5A5Z4I7XVFQ6B/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPDY6FFCOH3W/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-03
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0006/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4693
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-002
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-11
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-02
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

90 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.9 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.5%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79 CWE-79

Affected Vendors

tenable fedoraproject jquery opensuse drupal debian oracle netapp

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