CVE-2011-4969
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 19.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 19.2% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-2521)
- Published
- March 8, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-2521 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- jquery / jquery
- jquery / jquery
- jquery / jquery
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(Exploit, Patch)
- 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
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0007/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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