CVE-2020-11023 (Medium) detected in jquery-1.11.1.js

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CVE-2020-11023 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jquery-1.11.1.js

JavaScript library for DOM operations

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.js

Path to dependency file: /node_modules/javascript-natural-sort/unit-tests.html

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/javascript-natural-sort/unit-tests.html

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ jquery-1.11.1.js (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: cba076465f44b6a819e3cff7986ff4cd21a66371

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

In jQuery versions greater than or equal to 1.0.3 and before 3.5.0, passing HTML containing elements 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.

Publish Date: 2020-04-29

URL: CVE-2020-11023

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/jquery/jquery/security/advisories/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6,https://github.com/rails/jquery-rails/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#440

Release Date: 2020-04-29

Fix Resolution: jquery - 3.5.0;jquery-rails - 4.4.0

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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.

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ℹ️ This issue was automatically re-opened by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) has been detected in the Mend inventory.

[joshuarrrr]

This is not a particularly valid vulnerability - the old jquery version is in a unit test which is included in an npm module. We could consider updating #4896 to allow deleting this type of file that shouldn't be included in a library module, but it seems likely we'll just play whack-a-mole by trying to do so.

The dependency on https://www.npmjs.com/package/javascript-natural-sort was introduced as part of the dependency on mathjs (#4492).