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CVE-2015-9251

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed wi

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 0.18007
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

35
jquery< 3.0.0

Affected Packages

4
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.webjars.npm:jquery MODERATE fixed in 1.12.2
NuGet jQuery MODERATE fixed in 1.12.2
RubyGems jquery-rails MODERATE fixed in 4.2.0
npm jquery MODERATE fixed in 1.12.2

Scoring & Timeline

6.1
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD18 Jan 2018 · 11:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vendor Advisories

18
rhsaRHSA-2023:0556Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2023:0553Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2023:0554Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2023:0552Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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