How severe is CVE-2016-7103?

CVE-2016-7103 has a CVSS score of 6.1/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by CVE-2016-7103?

CVE-2016-7103 affects the following packages: org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui (Maven), jquery-ui (npm), jQuery.UI.Combined (NuGet), jquery-ui-rails (RubyGems). Ecosystems affected: Maven, npm, NuGet, RubyGems.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7103?

Update org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui to 1.12.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2016-7103 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect CVE-2016-7103 in my Maven, npm, NuGet, RubyGems dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate CVE-2016-7103 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

How does O3 Security protect against CVE-2016-7103?

O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2016-7103 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Is CVE-2016-7103 actively exploited in the wild?

Yes. There are 1 known exploit references for CVE-2016-7103, including 1 in-the-wild exploitation observed on GitHub and other sources. Treat this as actively exploitable and prioritize patching immediately. All exploit code should only be run in an isolated sandbox environment for research or authorized testing — never against production systems without explicit written authorization.

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-7103?

CVE-2016-7103 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 22.6%, placing it in the 98th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score warrants monitoring and prompt remediation.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-7103?

CVE-2016-7103 is classified as Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation. This is a high-impact weakness class that often enables remote code execution or data exposure.

When was CVE-2016-7103 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2016-7103 was published on March 15, 2017 and was last updated on July 8, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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MEDIUM severity

CVE-2016-7103 — jquery-ui

MEDIUMFix: jquery/jquery-ui@9644e7b

CVE-2016-7103 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui — see the affected versions and patch details below.

jQuery-UI vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in dialog closeText

Also known asGHSA-hpcf-8vf9-q4gj

Published

Mar 15, 2017

Updated

Jul 8, 2026

Affected

4 pkgs

Patched

4 / 4

Exploits

1 known

Exploitation data as of Sep 19, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

22.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Moderate Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs98th percentile — riskier than 98% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2016-7103 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 377,636 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 10–50% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.

Real-World Exposure

4 pkgs affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

700other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream

jquery-uinpm

586Kdownloads / week

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery UI before 1.12.0 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the closeText parameter of the dialog function.

Affected Packages

4 total 4 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
☕Maven	`org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui`	all versions	1.12.0`org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui:1.12.0`
📦npm	`jquery-ui`	all versions	1.12.0`npm install jquery-ui@1.12.0`
.NETNuGet	`jQuery.UI.Combined`	all versions	1.12.0`dotnet add package jQuery.UI.Combined --version 1.12.0`
💎RubyGems	`jquery-ui-rails`	all versions	6.0.0`bundle update jquery-ui-rails --conservative`

Exploits & PoCs

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery UI before 1.12.0 migh…

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Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui to 1.12.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2016-7103 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2016-7103 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to CVE-2016-7103. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

Red HatLow

Red Hat Enterprise Satellite 5 is now in phase 3 of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Satellite 5 Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/satellite.

Product	Fixed in	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7	`python-XStatic-jquery-ui-0:1.12.0.1-1.el7ost`	RHSA-2017:0161
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)	`python-XStatic-jquery-ui-0:1.12.0.1-1.el7ost`	RHSA-2016:2932
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)	`python-XStatic-jquery-ui-0:1.12.0.1-1.el7ost`	RHSA-2016:2933

UbuntuMEDIUM

USN-6419-1Ubuntu

Frequently Asked Questions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery UI before 1.12.0 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the closeText parameter of the dialog function.

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