VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-9251
jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 29.7%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 29.73% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- jquery/jquery · oracle/agile product lifecycle management for process · oracle/banking platform · oracle/business process management suite · oracle/communications converged application server · oracle/communications interactive session recorder · oracle/communications services gatekeeper · oracle/communications webrtc session controller · oracle/endeca information discovery studio · oracle/enterprise manager ops center · oracle/enterprise operations monitor · oracle/financial services analytical applications infrastructure · oracle/financial services asset liability management · oracle/financial services data integration hub · oracle/financial services funds transfer pricing · oracle/financial services hedge management and ifrs valuations · oracle/financial services liquidity risk management · oracle/financial services loan loss forecasting and provisioning · oracle/financial services market risk measurement and management · oracle/financial services profitability management · +27 more
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 31.5% on 21 September 2026 to 29.7% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152787/dotCMS-5.1.1-Vulnerable-Dependencies.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153237/RetireJS-CORS-Issue-Script-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156743/OctoberCMS-Insecure-Dependencies.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/10
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/11
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/13
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105658Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0481
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0729
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/f60729f3903d17917dc351f3ac87794de379b0ccPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588/commits/c254d308a7d3f1eac4d0b42837804cfffcba4bb2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-212-04Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba79cf1658741e9f146e4c59b50aee56656ea95d841d358d006c18b6%40%3Ccommits.roller.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/18
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0004/
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20150627Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec126.pdfThird Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.