CVE-2020-11022 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

[Setherizor]

When I run the Whitesource bot on my repo. I get a jquery issue popping up. I have tracked it back to here.

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CVE-2020-11022 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Libraries - jquery-3.4.0.min.js, jquery-2.1.4.min.js

jquery-3.4.0.min.js

JavaScript library for DOM operations

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js

Path to dependency file: /tmp/ws-scm/project/frontend/node_modules/js-base64/test/index.html

Path to vulnerable library: /project/frontend/node_modules/js-base64/test/index.html

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ jquery-3.4.0.min.js (Vulnerable Library)

jquery-2.1.4.min.js

JavaScript library for DOM operations

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js

Path to dependency file: /tmp/ws-scm/project/frontend/node_modules/js-base64/.attic/test-moment/index.html

Path to vulnerable library: /project/frontend/node_modules/js-base64/.attic/test-moment/index.html

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ jquery-2.1.4.min.js (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.2 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.

Publish Date: 2020-04-29

URL: CVE-2020-11022

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/

Release Date: 2020-04-29

Fix Resolution: jQuery - 3.5.0

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