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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-18405 · published 22 April 2020

CVE-2018-18405: Jquery cross-site scripting vulnerability

Jquery · Jquery

jQuery v2.2.2 allows XSS via a crafted onerror attribute of an IMG element. NOTE: this vulnerability has been reported to be spam entry

6.1 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 1.7% · top 24.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

jQuery v2.2.2 allows XSS via a crafted onerror attribute of an IMG element. NOTE: this vulnerability has been reported to be spam entry

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

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

References

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https://gist.github.com/CyberSecurityUP/26c5b032897630fe8407da4a8ef216d4
https://gitter.im/jquery/jquery?at=5ea844a05cd4fe50a3d7ddc9
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPD
https://twitter.com/DanielRufde/status/1255185961866145792
https://gist.github.com/CyberSecurityUP/26c5b032897630fe8407da4a8ef216d4
https://gitter.im/jquery/jquery?at=5ea844a05cd4fe50a3d7ddc9
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPD
https://twitter.com/DanielRufde/status/1255185961866145792

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-18405), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.