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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : jQuery vulnerabilities (USN-7622-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 241624

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7622-1 advisory.

 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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libjs-jquery package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7622-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 241624

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7622-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2025

Updated: 7/9/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11023

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjs-jquery, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2018

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 2/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6708, CVE-2019-11358, CVE-2020-11022, CVE-2020-11023

USN: 7622-1