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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-4969 · published 8 March 2013

CVE-2011-4969: Jquery cross-site scripting vulnerability

Jquery · Jquery

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery before 1.6.3, when using location.hash to select elements, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted tag.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 19% · top 2.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery before 1.6.3, when using location.hash to select elements, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted tag.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.jquery.com/2011/09/01/jquery-1-6-3-released/
http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2011/07/jquery-is-sink.html
http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/9521
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/31/3
http://www.osvdb.org/80056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58458
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036620
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1722-1
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/db9e023e62c1ff5d8f21ed9868ab6878da2005e9 ExploitPatch
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05232730
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0007/
http://blog.jquery.com/2011/09/01/jquery-1-6-3-released/
http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2011/07/jquery-is-sink.html
http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/9521
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/31/3
http://www.osvdb.org/80056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58458
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036620
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1722-1
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/db9e023e62c1ff5d8f21ed9868ab6878da2005e9 ExploitPatch
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05232730
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0007/

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