MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-7103

Jquery Ui vulnerability

CVSS
6.1
EPSS
22.6%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery UI before 1.12.0 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the closeText parameter of the dialog function.
Affected vendor
Jqueryui
Affected product
Jquery Ui
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2017-03-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 22.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-7103

  • Confirm whether Jqueryui Jquery Ui is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-7103.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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