| Name | CVE-2020-7656 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| jquery (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.7.2+dfsg-3.2+deb8u7 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.1.1-2+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 3.3.1~dfsg-3+deb10u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| jquery | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| jquery | source | (unstable) | 2.2.4+dfsg-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - jquery <ignored> (Too intrusive to backport)
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619
See debian-lts discussion starting at: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2020/06/msg00025.html