CVE-2012-6662

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-11-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default content option in jquery.ui.tooltip.js in the Tooltip widget in jQuery UI before 1.10.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title attribute, which is not properly handled in the autocomplete combo box demo.

Affected products

Jqueryui Jquery Ui: 1.10.0-rc1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

References

http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/8859
http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/8861
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0442.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1462.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/613
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/616
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71107
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98697
https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/5fee6fd5000072ff32f2d65b6451f39af9e0e39e
https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/f2854408cce7e4b7fc6bf8676761904af9c96bde
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432
http://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/8859

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