CVE-2012-6708
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
Cross-Site Scripting in jquery
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Linksys EA7500 2.0.8.194281 - Cross-Site Scripting
Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 6.1.2-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | jquery-rails | <~> 2.1.4 | ~> 2.1.4 |
| npm | jquery | <1.9.0 | 1.9.0 |
| Maven | org.webjars.npm:jquery | <1.9.0 | 1.9.0 |
| NuGet | jQuery | <1.9.0 | 1.9.0 |
| RubyGems | jquery-rails | <2.2.0 | 2.2.0 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6708.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2012-6708
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201910-4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16011
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6708
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/05531fc4080ae24070930d15ae0cea7ae056457d
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227132049/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102792
- https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery:20120206
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-JQUERY-450223
- https://research.insecurelabs.org/jquery/test
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2012-6708.yml
- https://github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/v2.2.0/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.js#L67
- https://github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/v2.1.4/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery.js#L59
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery
- https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/9521
- https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/6429
- https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/12531
- https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/11290
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153237/RetireJS-CORS-Issue-Script-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161972/Linksys-EA7500-2.0.8.194281-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.