CVE-2020-11023VulnerabilityPublished 01/23/2025Updated 10/24/2026
CVE-2020-11023: JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Affects JQuery JQuerySource CISA KEV
Severity
HighNo CVSS score published yet
- Exploitation
Actively exploited – in CISA KEV since 01/23/2025
- KEV deadline
- 02/13/2025
- EPSS
- 84.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 99% of CVEs
What to do
CISA required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
JQuery contains a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. When passing maliciously formed, untrusted input enclosed in HTML tags, JQuery's DOM manipulators can execute untrusted code in the context of the user's browser.
Weaknesses
References
- github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6 (opens in a new tab)
- blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ (opens in a new tab)
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11023 (opens in a new tab)
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search=CVE-2020-11023 (opens in a new tab)