VDB
ALPINE-CVE-2012-6708
ALPINE-CVE-2012-6708
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.099999904632568 MEDIUM
jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.099999904632568
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.10 | ruby | 1.8.7_p160-r2, 1.8.7_p160-r3, 1.8.7_p174-r2 |
Exploit Intelligence
- suppressions.xml (github-poc)
- dependency-check-suppression.xml (github-poc)
- RetireJsAnalyzerIT.java (github-poc)
- server.js (github-poc)
Timeline
- Jan 18, 2018 CVE Published
- Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch