--- id: CVE-2020-11022 title: jQuery has a potential XSS vulnerability summary: >- In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML 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 … severity: medium cvss: 6.9 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N' cvssSource: cna cwe: - CWE-79 vendor: jquery product: jQuery affected: - 'jQuery >= 1.12.0, < 3.5.0' ssvc: exploitation: none automatable: 'no' technicalImpact: partial timestamp: '2026-11-02T17:53:59.958763Z' exploitAvailable: true published: '2020-04-29' updated: '2026-11-02' sourceUpdated: '2026-11-02T17:54:18.438Z' source: CVEORG sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11022' references: - url: 'https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2' label: 'https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2' - url: 'https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/issues/447' label: 'https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/issues/447' - url: >- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/1d61fd9407e6fbe82fe55cb0b938307aa0791f77 label: >- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/1d61fd9407e6fbe82fe55cb0b938307aa0791f77 - url: >- https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/commit/847216e60544258c881f2733d699bbcfeefac0fc label: >- https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/commit/847216e60544258c881f2733d699bbcfeefac0fc - url: >- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPDY6FFCOH3W label: >- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPDY6FFCOH3W - url: >- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html label: >- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html - url: >- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html label: >- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html - url: >- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.html label: >- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.html - url: >- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html label: >- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-03' label: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-03' - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4693' label: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4693' - url: 'https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-002' label: 'https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-002' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html' - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html' label: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html' - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-10' label: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-10' - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-11' label: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-11' - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-02' label: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-02' - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-10' label: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-10' - url: 'https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released' label: 'https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released' - url: 'https://github.com/jquery/jquery/releases/tag/3.5.0' label: 'https://github.com/jquery/jquery/releases/tag/3.5.0' - url: >- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2020-11022.yml label: >- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2020-11022.yml - url: 'https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5' label: 'https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5' - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0483ba0072783c2e1bfea613984bfb3c86e73ba8879d780dc1cc7d36@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E label: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0483ba0072783c2e1bfea613984bfb3c86e73ba8879d780dc1cc7d36@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r49ce4243b4738dd763caeb27fa8ad6afb426ae3e8c011ff00b8b1f48@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E label: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r49ce4243b4738dd763caeb27fa8ad6afb426ae3e8c011ff00b8b1f48@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54565a8f025c7c4f305355fdfd75b68eca442eebdb5f31c2e7d977ae@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E label: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54565a8f025c7c4f305355fdfd75b68eca442eebdb5f31c2e7d977ae@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E - url: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r564585d97bc069137e64f521e68ba490c7c9c5b342df5d73c49a0760@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E label: >- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r564585d97bc069137e64f521e68ba490c7c9c5b342df5d73c49a0760@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E - 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url: 'http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0006' label: 'http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0006' tags: - cve.org - exploit-available epss: 0.99215 epssPercentile: 0.99934 exploits: exploitdb: true github: 3 githubRepos: - 'https://github.com/0xAJ2K/CVE-2020-11022-CVE-2020-11023' - 'https://github.com/Snorlyd/https-nj.gov---CVE-2020-11022' - 'https://github.com/okni2k/HW-Pyton-10' checkedAt: '2026-11-05T19:31:18.367Z' ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T19:30:42.754Z' --- ## Overview In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML 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. ## Affected - `jQuery >= 1.12.0, < 3.5.0` ## Remediation Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.