USN-7622-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6708)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-07-08 00:35 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:46 – Source website
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Summary
jquery vulnerabilities
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 to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-11023)

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  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:53Z",
  "published": "2025-07-08T00:35:06Z",
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