CVE catalog
CVE-2020-7656
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7656
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.43% · Oct 27, 2026
jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | jquery | pro | 1.7.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jquery | pro | 1.7.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jquery | pro | 1.7.2+dfsg-3ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jquery | pro | 1.11.3+dfsg-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jquery | pro | 1.11.3+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2021_4142.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7656]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-7656.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]