In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.html cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html cve-icon
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0006 cve-icon cve-icon
https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released cve-icon cve-icon
https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ cve-icon
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 cve-icon
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/1d61fd9407e6fbe82fe55cb0b938307aa0791f77 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/releases/tag/3.5.0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/commit/847216e60544258c881f2733d699bbcfeefac0fc cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/maximebf/php-debugbar/issues/447 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jquery-rails/CVE-2020-11022.yml cve-icon cve-icon
https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5/ cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0483ba0072783c2e1bfea613984bfb3c86e73ba8879d780dc1cc7d36%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0483ba0072783c2e1bfea613984bfb3c86e73ba8879d780dc1cc7d36@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r49ce4243b4738dd763caeb27fa8ad6afb426ae3e8c011ff00b8b1f48%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r49ce4243b4738dd763caeb27fa8ad6afb426ae3e8c011ff00b8b1f48@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54565a8f025c7c4f305355fdfd75b68eca442eebdb5f31c2e7d977ae%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r54565a8f025c7c4f305355fdfd75b68eca442eebdb5f31c2e7d977ae@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r564585d97bc069137e64f521e68ba490c7c9c5b342df5d73c49a0760%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r564585d97bc069137e64f521e68ba490c7c9c5b342df5d73c49a0760@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r706cfbc098420f7113968cc377247ec3d1439bce42e679c11c609e2d%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r706cfbc098420f7113968cc377247ec3d1439bce42e679c11c609e2d@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f70b0f65d6bedf316ecd899371fd89e65333bc988f6326d2956735c%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8f70b0f65d6bedf316ecd899371fd89e65333bc988f6326d2956735c@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb448222ba62c430e21e13f940be4cb5cfc373cd3bce56b48c0ffa67%40%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbb448222ba62c430e21e13f940be4cb5cfc373cd3bce56b48c0ffa67@%3Cdev.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdf44341677cf7eec7e9aa96dcf3f37ed709544863d619cca8c36f133%40%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdf44341677cf7eec7e9aa96dcf3f37ed709544863d619cca8c36f133@%3Ccommits.airflow.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4ae96fa5c1a2fe71ccbb7b7ac1538bd0cb677be270a2bf6e2f8d108%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4ae96fa5c1a2fe71ccbb7b7ac1538bd0cb677be270a2bf6e2f8d108@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rede9cfaa756e050a3d83045008f84a62802fc68c17f2b4eabeaae5e4%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rede9cfaa756e050a3d83045008f84a62802fc68c17f2b4eabeaae5e4@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree3bd8ddb23df5fa4e372d11c226830ea3650056b1059f3965b3fce2%40%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree3bd8ddb23df5fa4e372d11c226830ea3650056b1059f3965b3fce2@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00033.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVKYXLWCLZBV2N7M46KYK4LVA5OXWPBY/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QPN2L2XVQGUA2V5HNQJWHK3APSK3VN7K/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SAPQVX3XDNPGFT26QAQ6AJIXZZBZ4CD4/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SFP4UK4EGP4AFH2MWYJ5A5Z4I7XVFQ6B/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPDY6FFCOH3W/ cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVKYXLWCLZBV2N7M46KYK4LVA5OXWPBY cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QPN2L2XVQGUA2V5HNQJWHK3APSK3VN7K cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SAPQVX3XDNPGFT26QAQ6AJIXZZBZ4CD4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SFP4UK4EGP4AFH2MWYJ5A5Z4I7XVFQ6B cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPDY6FFCOH3W cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00067.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00085.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00039.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11022 cve-icon
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162159/jQuery-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-03 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200511-0006/ cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11022 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4693 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-002 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-10 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2020-11 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-02 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-10 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Description In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.2 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0. In jQuery starting with 1.12.0 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML from untrusted sources - even after sanitizing it - to one of jQuery's DOM manipulation methods (i.e. .html(), .append(), and others) may execute untrusted code. This problem is patched in jQuery 3.5.0.
Title Potential XSS vulnerability in jQuery jQuery has a potential XSS vulnerability
References

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.05513}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2020-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-04-13T13:53:08.239Z

Reserved: 2020-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-11022

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-29T22:15:11.903

Modified: 2026-04-13T15:16:29.173

Link: CVE-2020-11022

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-04-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-11022 - Bugzilla