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VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-7656

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM

EPSS probability6.43%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-05-19

Last modified2026-06-17

Description

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.