{"id":"CVE-2020-11023","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-11023","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:28:55.302Z","title":"JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability","description":"In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing <option> elements from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.","published":"2020-04-29T21:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:48:53.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["jquery/jquery","debian/debian linux","fedoraproject/fedora","drupal/drupal","oracle/application express","oracle/application testing suite","oracle/banking enterprise collections","oracle/banking platform","oracle/blockchain platform","oracle/business intelligence","oracle/communications analytics","oracle/communications eagle application processor","oracle/communications element manager","oracle/communications interactive session recorder","oracle/communications operations monitor","oracle/communications services gatekeeper","oracle/communications session report manager","oracle/communications session route manager","oracle/financial services regulatory reporting for de nederlandsche bank","oracle/financial services revenue management and billing analytics","oracle/health sciences inform","oracle/healthcare translational research","oracle/hyperion financial reporting","oracle/jd edwards enterpriseone orchestrator","oracle/jd edwards enterpriseone tools","oracle/oss support tools","oracle/peoplesoft enterprise human capital management resources","oracle/primavera gateway","oracle/rest data services","oracle/siebel mobile","oracle/storagetek acsls","oracle/storagetek tape analytics sw tool","oracle/webcenter sites","oracle/weblogic server","netapp/h300s firmware","netapp/h500s firmware","netapp/h700s firmware","netapp/h300e firmware","netapp/h500e firmware","netapp/h700e firmware","netapp/h410s firmware","netapp/h410c firmware","netapp/active iq unified manager","netapp/cloud backup","netapp/cloud insights storage workload security agent","netapp/hci baseboard management controller","netapp/max data","netapp/oncommand insight","netapp/oncommand system manager","netapp/snap creator framework","netapp/snapcenter server","tenable/log correlation engine"],"epss":{"score":0.84887,"percentile":0.99708,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-01-23","dueDate":"2025-02-13","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nThis vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6 ; https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11023"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2021-04-14","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":49767,"kind":"exploit","title":"jQuery 1.0.3 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49767","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/49767.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/49767.txt","published":"2021-04-14","added":"2021-04-14","updated":"2021-04-14","author":"Central InfoSec","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2020-11023"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 13 February 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.html","tags":["Broken Link","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162160/jQuery-1.0.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor 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