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medium 6.1

CVE-2016-7103 json

jQuery-UI vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in dialog closeText

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hpcf-8vf9-q4gj , EUVD-2017-0253

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.2%
EPSS 29.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery UI before 1.12.0 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the closeText parameter of the dialog function.

Patch / fix

  • npm jquery-ui 1.12.0
  • rubygems jquery-ui-rails 6.0.0
  • maven org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui 1.12.0
  • nuget jQuery.UI.Combined 1.12.0
  • oracle application_express 19.1
  • oracle oss_support_tools 2.12.42
  • jqueryui Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.12.1+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7103

  • jqueryui Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.10.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1
  • jqueryui Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.10.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7103

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • python-XStatic-jquery-ui openstack 9, openstack 8, openstack 7 1.12.0.1-1.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0161RHSA-2016:2933RHSA-2016:2932

  • python-XStatic-jquery-ui OpenStack Cloud 7 1.11.0.1-2.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2351-1

  • python-XStatic-jquery-ui openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.13.0.1-2.4
  • python-XStatic-jquery-ui openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.13.0.1-1.15

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11997-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14131-1

  • drupal7 Alpine 3.20, Alpine 3.19, Alpine 3.18 +3 more 7.86-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-7103

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

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-2016-7103 updated cvss 6.1

jquery-ui: cross-site scripting in dialog closeText

  • Red Hat OpenStack Foreman ruby193-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 jquery-ui jquery-ui
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) python-XStatic-jquery-ui Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) Installer ruby193-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) python-XStatic-jquery-ui
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Process Automation 7 jquery-ui jquery-ui
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Satellite 5 jquery-ui Red Hat Satellite 6 ruby193-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 python-XStatic-jquery-ui 1.12.0.1-1.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0161
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) python-XStatic-jquery-ui 1.12.0.1-1.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2932
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  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 python-XStatic-jquery-ui 1.12.0.1-1.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2933

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-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

Exploit prediction

29.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/jquery/api.jqueryui.com/issues/281 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/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 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/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-ui
<1.12.0
1.12.0
rubygems jquery-ui-rails
<6.0.0
6.0.0
maven org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui
<1.12.0
1.12.0
nuget jQuery.UI.Combined
<1.12.0
1.12.0

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.