{"id":"CVE-2020-7656","aliases":["GHSA-q4m3-2j7h-f7xw","SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-7656","summary":"Cross-Site Scripting in jquery","details":"Versions of `jquery` prior to 1.9.0 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. The load method fails to recognize and remove `<script>` HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: `</script >`, which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpgrade to version 1.9.0 or later.","published":"2020-05-19T21:15:10.257Z","modified":"2026-10-24T10:30:43.667578169Z","cvss":{"score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.06273,"percentile":0.9302,"asOf":"2026-08-20"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":2,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.webjars.npm:jquery","fixedVersion":"1.9.0"},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"jquery","fixedVersion":"1.9.0"},{"ecosystem":"NuGet","name":"jQuery","fixedVersion":"1.9.0"},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"jquery-rails","fixedVersion":"2.2.0"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/05531fc4080ae24070930d15ae0cea7ae056457d","label":"jquery/jquery@05531fc"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved-in-Junos-OS-21-2R1?language=en_US"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7656"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/05531fc4080ae24070930d15ae0cea7ae056457d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/606b863edaff29035960e4d813b45d63b8d92876"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/jquery/jquery"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/9e6393b0bcb52b15313f88141d0bd7dd54227426/src/ajax.js#L203"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#220-19-january-2013"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/v2.1.4/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.js#L7481"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2020-7656.yml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-24T10:30:43.667578169Z"}}