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SCA: security update for jquery.terminal (GHSA-x9r5-jxvq-4387)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433534
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- jQuery Terminal Emulator is a plugin for creating command line interpreters in your applications. Versions
prior to 2.31.1 contain a low impact and limited cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The code for
XSS payload is always visible, but an attacker can use other techniques to hide the code the victim sees.
If the application uses the `execHash` option and executes code from URL, the attacker can use this URL to
execute their code. The scope is limited because the javascript attribute used is added to span tag, so no
automatic execution like with `onerror` on images is possible. This issue is fixed in version 2.31.1. As a
workaround, the user can use formatting that wrap whole user input and its no op. The code for this
workaround is available in the GitHub Security Advisory. The fix will only work when user of the library
is not using different formatters (e.g. to highlight code in different way). (CVE-2021-43862)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 433534
Version: Revision 1.5
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 8/19/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.3
Percentile: 8.67
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43862
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/30/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-43862