Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2018· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6708
CVE-2012-6708
Description
jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
jquerynpm | < 1.9.0 | 1.9.0 |
org.webjars.npm:jqueryMaven | < 1.9.0 | 1.9.0 |
jQueryNuGet | < 1.9.0 | 1.9.0 |
jquery-railsRubyGems | < 2.2.0 | 2.2.0 |
Affected products
10- ghsa-coords10 versionspkg:gem/jquery-railspkg:maven/org.webjars.npm/jquerypkg:npm/jquerypkg:nuget/jquerypkg:rpm/opensuse/ruby2.5&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/ruby2.5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/ruby2.5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ruby2.5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ruby2.5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/ruby2.5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015
< 2.2.0+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.2.0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.9.0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.7-lp151.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.7-4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.7-4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.7-4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.7-4.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.7-4.8.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
26- github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/05531fc4080ae24070930d15ae0cea7ae056457dnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20120206nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- bugs.jquery.com/ticket/11290nvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor AdvisoryWEB
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102792nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-2pqj-h3vj-pqgwghsaADVISORY
- help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6708ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16011ghsaADVISORY
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.htmlnvdWEB
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153237/RetireJS-CORS-Issue-Script-Execution.htmlnvdWEB
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/161972/Linksys-EA7500-2.0.8.194281-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlnvdWEB
- bugs.jquery.com/ticket/12531ghsaWEB
- bugs.jquery.com/ticket/6429ghsaWEB
- bugs.jquery.com/ticket/9521ghsaWEB
- github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/v2.1.4/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.jsghsaWEB
- github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/v2.2.0/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.jsghsaWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2012-6708.ymlghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- research.insecurelabs.org/jquery/testghsaWEB
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-JQUERY-450223ghsaWEB
- web.archive.org/web/20200227132049/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102792ghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3Envd
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