USN-7622-1: jQuery vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 July 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in jQuery.


Packages

  • jquery - JavaScript library for dynamic web applications

Details

It was discovered that jQuery did not correctly handle HTML tags. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting
(XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-6708)

It was discovered that jQuery did not correctly handle unsanitized source
objects due to prototype pollution. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2019-11358)

Masato Kinugawa discovered that jQuery did not correctly sanitize certain
HTML elements. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a
cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-11022)

Masato Kinugawa discovered that jQuery did not correctly sanitize certain
HTML elements. An attacker could possibly use this issue...

It was discovered that jQuery did not correctly handle HTML tags. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting
(XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-6708)

It was discovered that jQuery did not correctly handle unsanitized source
objects due to prototype pollution. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2019-11358)

Masato Kinugawa discovered that jQuery did not correctly sanitize certain
HTML elements. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a
cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-11022)

Masato Kinugawa discovered that jQuery did not correctly sanitize certain
HTML elements. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a
cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-11023)


Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libjs-jquery –  3.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial libjs-jquery –  1.11.3+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty libjs-jquery –  1.7.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1  

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