WS-2017-0195 Medium Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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WS-2017-0195 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jquery-1.7.2.min.js

JavaScript library for DOM operations

path: /MS_Demo/ksa/ksa-web-root/ksa-web/target/ROOT/rs/jquery/jquery-1.7.2.min.js,/MS_Demo/ksa/ksa-web-root/ksa-web/src/main/webapp/rs/jquery/jquery-1.7.2.min.js

Library home page: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ jquery-1.7.2.min.js (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 23068bfa8fba8e934988efafc64fa2cf0fdb8462

Vulnerability Details

In v2.2.4 and previous, a lowercasing logic was used on the attribute names and was removed in v3.0.0.
Because of this, boolean attributes whose names were not all lowercase cause infinite recursion, and will exceed the stack call limit.

Publish Date: 2017-04-15

URL: WS-2017-0195

CVSS 2 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics not available

Suggested Fix

Type: Change files

Origin: jquery/jquery@d12e13d

Release Date: 2016-05-29

Fix Resolution: Replace or update the following files: attr.js, attributes.js

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