drupal drupal CVE-2020-11023 vulnerability in Drupal and Other Products
Published on April 29, 2020

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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.

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Known Exploited Vulnerability

This JQuery Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. 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.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by February 13, 2025: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-11023 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 2.8 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

What is a XSS Vulnerability?

The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

CVE-2020-11023 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2020-11023

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Vulnerable Packages

The following package name and versions may be associated with CVE-2020-11023

Package Manager Vulnerable Package Versions Fixed In
npm jquery >= 1.0.3, < 3.5.0 3.5.0
composer privatebin/privatebin >= 0.21, < 1.4.0 1.4.0