CVE-2012-6708 Detail
Current Description
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.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
01/18/2018
View Analysis Description
Analysis Description
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.
Source:
MITRE
Description Last Modified:
01/18/2018
Impact
CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
6.1 MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
(V3 legend)
Impact Score:
2.7
Exploitability Score:
2.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
Low
Availability (A):
None
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
4.3 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
Access Vector (AV):
Network
Access Complexity (AC):
Medium
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
Partial
Availability (A):
None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification
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Technical Details
Vulnerability Type
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- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
Change History
2 change records found
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Initial Analysis -
2/2/2018 1:19:12 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
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OR
*cpe:2.3:a:jquery:jquery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.9.0 |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
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(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) |
| Added |
CVSS V3 |
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Added |
CWE |
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CWE-79 |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102792 No Types Assigned |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102792 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/11290 No Types Assigned |
https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/11290 Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/05531fc4080ae24070930d15ae0cea7ae056457d No Types Assigned |
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/05531fc4080ae24070930d15ae0cea7ae056457d Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20120206 No Types Assigned |
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20120206 Patch, Third Party Advisory |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
1/26/2018 9:29:00 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102792 [No Types Assigned] |
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6708
NVD Published Date:
01/18/2018
NVD Last Modified:
02/02/2018
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