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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-7656 · published 19 May 2020

CVE-2020-7656: Jquery cross-site scripting vulnerability

Jquery · Jquery

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.

6.1 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 6.3% · top 6.7% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
6.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
7Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved-i Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200528-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved-i Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-7656), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.