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CVE-2020-11022 Moderate

jQuery has a potential XSS vulnerability

In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.

Exploit probability 99.0%
Published March 6, 2024
Required by Not available
Last source change April 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Maven org.webjars.npm:jquery

27 explicit affected versions

NuGet jquery

28 explicit affected versions

Packagist athlon1600/youtube-downloader

22 explicit affected versions

Packagist components/jquery

21 explicit affected versions

Packagist maximebf/debugbar

60 explicit affected versions

RubyGems jquery-rails

74 explicit affected versions

npm jquery
Unknown Unknown

144 explicit affected versions

Bitnami drupal

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-11022

In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2

### Impact Passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. `.html()`, `.append()`, and others) may execute untrusted code. ### Patches This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0. ### Workarounds To workaround the issue without upgrading, adding the following to your code: ```js jQuery.htmlPrefilter = function( html ) { return html; }; ``` You need to use at least jQuery 1.12/2.2 or newer to be able to apply this workaround. ### References https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5/ ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, search for a relevant issue in [the jQuery repo](https://github.com/jquery/jquery/issues). If you don't find an answer, open a new issue.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities BIT-drupal-2020-11022

In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence