{"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":"jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. 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.","published":"2020-05-19T21:15:10.257Z","modified":"2026-07-08T06:49:51.784220278Z","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":null,"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"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T06:49:51.784220278Z"}}