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medium 6.1

CVE-2015-9251 json

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in jquery

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98 , EUVD-2018-0165

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.7%
EPSS 29.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

Patch / fix

  • npm jquery 1.12.2, 3.0.0
  • nuget jQuery 1.12.2, 3.0.0
  • rubygems jquery-rails 4.2.0
  • maven org.webjars.npm:jquery 1.12.2, 3.0.0
  • jquery jquery 3.0.0
  • oracle communications_converged_application_server 7.0.0.1
  • oracle communications_services_gatekeeper 6.1.0.4.0
  • oracle communications_webrtc_session_controller 7.2
  • jss RHEL 8 4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
  • xsom RHEL 8 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c
  • slf4j RHEL 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c
  • pki-ca RHEL 8 10.9.4-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
  • ldapjdk RHEL 8 4.22.0-1.module+el8.3.0+6784+6e1e4c62
  • pki-kra RHEL 8 10.9.4-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219
  • stax-ex RHEL 8 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff
  • bea-stax RHEL 8 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4847RHSA-2020:4670RHSA-2023:0553RHSA-2023:0552RHSA-2023:0554RHSA-2020:3936

  • ruby2.5 SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 +2 more 2.5.7-4.8.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:0737-1

  • ruby2.5 openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.5.7-lp151.4.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0395-1

  • custodia AlmaLinux 8 0.6.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2881+2f24dc92
  • python3-pyusb AlmaLinux 8 1.0.0-9.module_el8.5.0+2641+983b221b
  • python3-pyusb AlmaLinux 8 1.0.0-9.module_el8.6.0+2881+2f24dc92
  • python3-pyusb AlmaLinux 8 1.0.0-9.module_el8.6.0+2737+7e73ea90
  • python3-qrcode AlmaLinux 8 5.1-12.module_el8.6.0+2881+2f24dc92
  • python3-qrcode AlmaLinux 8 5.1-12.module_el8.5.0+2641+983b221b
  • python3-qrcode AlmaLinux 8 5.1-12.module_el8.6.0+2737+7e73ea90
  • python3-yubico AlmaLinux 8 1.3.2-9.module_el8.5.0+2641+983b221b

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:4670

  • xsom Rocky Linux 8 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.5.0+697+f586bb30
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+74+855e3f5d
  • slf4j Rocky Linux 8 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+133+b8b54b58
  • ldapjdk Rocky Linux 8 4.22.0-1.module+el8.4.0+418+b7ae1d4a
  • stax-ex Rocky Linux 8 1.7.7-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • bea-stax Rocky Linux 8 1.2.0-16.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990
  • resteasy Rocky Linux 8 3.0.26-3.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4847RLSA-2020:4670

  • ruby Alpine 3.10 2.5.6-r0
  • rabbitmq-server Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 3.7.17-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2015-9251

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ceph Azure Linux 3.0 18.2.2-1
  • python-blinker Azure Linux 3.0 1.7.0-4

azure linux advisories AZL-41228AZL-45099

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

  • ruby-rdoc Arch Linux 6.1.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1041

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-9251 updated cvss 6.1

jquery: Cross-site scripting via cross-domain ajax requests

  • Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 jquery
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pki-ca, pki-kra, pki-base, pki-core, pki-tools, pki-server, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) python-XStatic-jQuery Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer ruby193-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) python-XStatic-jQuery Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 ruby193-rubygem-jquery-rails Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) python-XStatic-jQuery
    +6 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) python-XStatic-jQuery Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) python-XStatic-jQuery Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) python-XStatic-jQuery Red Hat Satellite 6 tfm-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails, ruby193-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails Red Hat Software Collections rh-ror41-rubygem-jquery-rails, rh-ror42-rubygem-jquery-rails, rh-ror50-rubygem-jquery-rails Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager ruby193-rubygem-jquery-rails
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Data Grid 7.3.5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0729
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) jss 4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219, ipa 4.8.7-12.module+el8.3.0+8222+c1bff54a, ipa 4.8.7-12.module+el8.3.0+8223+6212645f, pyusb 1.0.0-9.module+el8.1.0+4098+f286395e, pyusb 1.0.0-9.module+el8.1.0+4107+4a66eb87, slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c, +99 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4847
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) ipa 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-client 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-common 4.6.8-5.el7, python2-ipalib 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-client-common 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-python-compat 4.6.8-5.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) ipa-server 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server-dns 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server-common 4.6.8-5.el7, python2-ipaserver 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server-trust-ad 4.6.8-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) ipa 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-client 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-common 4.6.8-5.el7, python2-ipalib 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-client-common 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-python-compat 4.6.8-5.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) ipa-server 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server-dns 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server-common 4.6.8-5.el7, python2-ipaserver 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server-trust-ad 4.6.8-5.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) ipa 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-client 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-common 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server-dns 4.6.8-5.el7, python2-ipalib 4.6.8-5.el7, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) ipa 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-client 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-common 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server 4.6.8-5.el7, ipa-server-dns 4.6.8-5.el7, python2-ipalib 4.6.8-5.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:3936
  • Red Hat Fuse 6.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0481
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.6.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0983
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-hal-console 3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0552
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  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-hal-console 3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0553
  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-hal-console 3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0554
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 hal-console 3.3.16.Final-redhat-00001
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:0556
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pcs, pcs-snmp, python-clufter Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 7 Server eap7-jettison 1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-apache-sshd 2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.22-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap, eap7-woodstox-core 6.4.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap, +42 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 8 eap7-jettison 1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el8eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el8eap, eap7-apache-sshd 2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el8eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.22-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, eap7-woodstox-core 6.4.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el8eap, +40 more Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.4 for RHEL 9 eap7-jettison 1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el9eap, eap7-wildfly 7.4.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el9eap, eap7-apache-sshd 2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-jackson-core 2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el9eap, eap7-undertow 2.2.22-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el9eap, eap7-woodstox-core 6.4.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el9eap, +40 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.9 pom.xml, c3 0.6.0, c3 0.7.1, d3 5.9.2, fs 2.1.2, ip 2.0.0, +1536 more Red Hat Quay 3 quay
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-22-097-01 updated cvss 6.1

Pepperl+Fuchs WirelessHART-Gateway

  • Pepperl+Fuchs WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9 Pepperl+Fuchs WHA-GW-F2D2-0-AS- Z2-ETH.EIP 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9
    affected: mitigation “Minimize network exposure for affected products and ensure they are not accessible via the Internet.” cert.vde.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSMA-21-187-01 updated cvss 6.1

Philips Vue PACS (Update B)

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-19-155-01 updated cvss 6.1

PHOENIX CONTACT PLCNext AXC F 2152

  • Phoenix Contact AXC F 2152 2404267 version 1.x, 1046568 (Starterkit) version 1.x
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Phoenix Contact recommends affected users update to firmware release 2019.0 LTS or later, update to PLCNext Engineer release 2019.0 LTS or later, and apply the following specific mitigations below:” phoenixcontact.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-18-212-04 updated cvss 6.1

AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere

  • AVEVA Software, LLC InTouch Access Anywhere <=2017 Update 2 AVEVA Software, LLC Vulnerable versions of jQuery are those < 3.0.0
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “AVEVA has published Security Bulletin LFSEC00000126.” softwaresupportsp.schneider-electric.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

29.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm jquery
<1.12.2
>=1.12.3, <3.0.0
1.12.2
3.0.0
nuget jQuery
<1.12.2
>=1.12.3, <3.0.0
1.12.2
3.0.0
rubygems jquery-rails
<4.2.0
4.2.0
maven org.webjars.npm:jquery
<1.12.2
>=1.12.3, <3.0.0
1.12.2
3.0.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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