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CVE-2011-4969: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery before 1.6.3, when using location.hash to select elements, allows remote attackers to…

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 19.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 97.3% of all records.
  • Fixed version: org.webjars.npm:jquery (Maven) 1.6.3; jquery (npm) 1.6.3; jQuery (NuGet) 1.6.3.
  • Mentioned 3 times in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to org.webjars.npm:jquery (Maven) 1.6.3; jquery (npm) 1.6.3; jQuery (NuGet) 1.6.3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery before 1.6.3, when using location.hash to select elements, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted tag.

Published
Mar 8, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
19.1% · 97th percentile

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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
6 / 30 · 19.1%

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • jquery jqueryup to 1.6.2 inclusive
  • jquery jquery1.6
  • jquery jquery1.6.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavenorg.webjars.npm:jquerybefore 1.6.31.6.3
npmjquerybefore 1.6.31.6.3
NuGetjQuerybefore 1.6.31.6.3
RubyGemsjquery-railsbefore 1.0.161.0.16

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:jquery1.6.4-1 · Debian:10Package registry (OSV)
Maven:org.webjars.npm:jquery1.6.3Package registry (OSV)
npm:jquery1.6.3Package registry (OSV)
NuGet:jQuery1.6.3Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:jquery-rails1.0.16Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    References

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