CVE-2016-7103

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.40% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory jqueryui.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0161.html vdb entry third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2933.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2932.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104823 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E2I4UHPIW26FIALH7GGZ3IYUUA53VOOJ/ mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba79cf1658741e9f146e4c59b50aee56656ea95d841d358d006c18b6%40%3Ccommits.roller.apache.org%3E third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E third party advisory mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html third party advisory
https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/9644e7bae9116edaf8d37c5b38cb32b892f10ff6 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/jquery/api.jqueryui.com/issues/281 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/127 third party advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19 third party advisory
https://jqueryui.com/changelog/1.12.0/ release notes vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0007/ third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00014.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-002 third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVKIOWSXL2RF2ULNAP7PHESYCFSZIJE3/ mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGSY236PYSFYIEBRGDERLA7OSY6D7XL4/ mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7103?
CVE-2016-7103 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-7103?
To fix CVE-2016-7103, 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-2016-7103 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-7103 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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