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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS USN-7622-1: jQuery security issues and XSS risks

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Calendar Grey July 8, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7623-1 addresses critical vulnerabilities found in PHP, particularly concerning remote code execution risks in earlier LTS releases.
Several security issues were fixed in jQuery.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in jQuery.

Software Description:

- jquery: JavaScript library for dynamic web applications

Details:

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 scriptin...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  libjs-jquery                    3.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libjs-jquery                    1.11.3+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  libjs-jquery                    1.7.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

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

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

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