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CVE-2015-9251 Detail

Current Description

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/18/2018
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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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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105658
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/f60729f3903d17917dc351f3ac87794de379b0cc Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588/commits/c254d308a7d3f1eac4d0b42837804cfffcba4bb2 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-212-04
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20150627 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec126.pdf

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:jquery:jquery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (excluding) 3.0.0

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-9251
NVD Published Date:
01/18/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/18/2018