CVE-2015-9251

Description

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.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.60% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105658 third party advisory vdb entry
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/18 mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/11 mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/10 mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/13 mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54df3aeb4239b64b50b356f0ca6f986e3c4ca5b84c515dce077c7854%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/10f0f3aefd51444d1198c65f44ffdf2d78ca3359423dbc1c168c9731%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/17ff53f7999e74fbe3cc0ceb4e1c3b00b180b7c5afec8e978837bc49%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52bafac05ad174000ea465fe275fd3cc7bd5c25535a7631c0bc9bfb2%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba79cf1658741e9f146e4c59b50aee56656ea95d841d358d006c18b6%40%3Ccommits.roller.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0481 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0729 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues/2432 patch third party advisory issue tracking
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html patch
https://sw.aveva.com/hubfs/assets-2018/pdf/security-bulletin/SecurityBulletin_LFSec126.pdf third party advisory
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588/commits/c254d308a7d3f1eac4d0b42837804cfffcba4bb2 third party advisory patch
https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20150627 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/pull/2588 patch third party advisory issue tracking
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-212-04 third party advisory us government resource
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/f60729f3903d17917dc351f3ac87794de379b0cc third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html patch
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152787/dotCMS-5.1.1-Vulnerable-Dependencies.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153237/RetireJS-CORS-Issue-Script-Execution.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-08
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156743/OctoberCMS-Insecure-Dependencies.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44601
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210108-0004/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-9251?
CVE-2015-9251 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-9251?
To fix CVE-2015-9251, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-9251 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-9251 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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