Is CVE-2020-7656 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-7656 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-7656?

CVE-2020-7656 has a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2020-7656?

Patch guidance is available from jquery security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2020-7656.

CVE-2020-7656 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2020-7656?

9 products: jquery jquery, oracle peoplesoft enterprise peopletools, netapp active iq unified manager, netapp active iq unified manager, netapp active iq unified manager, and 4 more.

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 Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Metadata

Primary Vendor: JQUERY
Published: 5/19/2020
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

jquery : jqueryoracle : peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletoolsnetapp : active_iq_unified_managernetapp : active_iq_unified_managernetapp : active_iq_unified_managernetapp : cloud_backupnetapp : oncommand_system_managernetapp : snap_creator_frameworkjuniper : junos

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD