jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-9251 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygem-jquery-rails | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-ror50-rubygem-jquery-rails | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-ror41-rubygem-jquery-rails | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-ror42-rubygem-jquery-rails | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ruby193-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | tfm-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | python-XStatic-jQuery | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | python-XStatic-jQuery | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) | python-XStatic-jQuery | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | python-XStatic-jQuery | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | ruby193-rubygem-jquery-rails | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 | python-XStatic-jQuery | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | python-XStatic-jQuery | Will not fix |
| OpenStack 6 Installer for RHEL 7 | ruby193-rubygem-jquery-ui-rails | Will not fix |
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