CVE-2011-4969

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery before 1.6.3, when using location.hash to select elements, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted tag.

Affected products

jQuery: through 1.6.2; 1.6, 1.6.1

References

http://blog.jquery.com/2011/09/01/jquery-1-6-3-released/
http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2011/07/jquery-is-sink.html
http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/9521
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/31/3
http://www.osvdb.org/80056
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58458
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036620
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1722-1
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/db9e023e62c1ff5d8f21ed9868ab6878da2005e9
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05232730

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