CVE-2020-7656 (Medium) detected in jquery-1.7.1.min.js

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CVE-2020-7656 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jquery-1.7.1.min.js

JavaScript library for DOM operations

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js

Path to dependency file: cla-bot/node_modules/dot-qs/test/test-dot-querystring.html

Path to vulnerable library: cla-bot/node_modules/dot-qs/test/test-dot-querystring.html

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ jquery-1.7.1.min.js (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 97c6a363e523c18340b3d98681ca064b9ff21c03

Vulnerability 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.

Publish Date: 2020-05-19

URL: CVE-2020-7656

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: rails/jquery-rails@8f601cb

Release Date: 2020-05-19

Fix Resolution: jquery-rails - 2.2.0