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Description

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS jquery No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS jquery No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 apache-commons-collections 3.2.2-10.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 apache-commons-lang 2.6-21.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 apache-commons-net 3.6-3.module+el8.3.0+6805+72837426 RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 bea-stax +1 1.2.0-16.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 bind-dyndb-ldap 11.3-1.module+el8.3.0+6993+104f8db0 RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 custodia +1 0.6.0-3.module+el8.1.0+4098+f286395e RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 glassfish-fastinfoset 1.2.13-9.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 glassfish-jaxb +3 2.2.11-11.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 glassfish-jaxb-api 2.2.12-8.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 ipa +9 4.8.7-12.module+el8.3.0+8223+6212645f RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 ipa-healthcheck +1 0.4-6.module+el8.3.0+7711+c4441980 RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 ipa-server +4 4.8.7-12.module+el8.3.0+8222+c1bff54a RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 jackson-core +2 2.10.0-1.module+el8.2.0+5059+3eb3af25 RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 jackson-jaxrs-providers +1 2.9.9-1.module+el8.1.0+3832+9784644d RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 jackson-module-jaxb-annotations 2.7.6-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 jakarta-commons-httpclient 1:3.1-28.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 javassist +1 3.18.1-8.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 jss +1 4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219 RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 ldapjdk +1 4.22.0-1.module+el8.3.0+6784+6e1e4c62 RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 opendnssec 2.1.6-2.module+el8.3.0+6580+328a3362 RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 pki-ca +8 10.9.4-1.module+el8.3.0+8058+d5cd4219 RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 pki-servlet-engine +1 1:9.0.30-1.module+el8.3.0+6730+8f9c6254 RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 python-jwcrypto +1 0.5.0-1.module+el8.1.0+4107+4a66eb87 RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 python-kdcproxy +1 0.4-5.module+el8.2.0+4691+a05b2456 RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 python-nss +2 1.0.1-10.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 python-qrcode +2 5.1-12.module+el8.1.0+4107+4a66eb87 RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 python-yubico +1 1.3.2-9.module+el8.1.0+4107+4a66eb87 RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 pyusb +1 1.0.0-9.module+el8.1.0+4107+4a66eb87 RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 relaxngDatatype 2011.1-7.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 resteasy 3.0.26-3.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 slapi-nis 0.56.5-4.module+el8.3.0+8222+c1bff54a RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 slf4j +1 1.7.25-4.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 softhsm +1 2.6.0-3.module+el8.3.0+6909+fb33717d RHSA-2020:4670
RHEL 8 stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 tomcatjss 7.5.0-1.module+el8.3.0+7355+c59bcbd9 RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 xerces-j2 2.11.0-34.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 xml-commons-apis 1.4.01-25.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 xml-commons-resolver 1.2-26.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 xmlstreambuffer 1.5.4-8.module+el8.2.0+5723+4574fbff RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 8 xsom 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.1.0+3366+6dfb954c RHSA-2020:4847
RHEL 7 ipa +11 4.6.8-5.el7 RHSA-2020:3936
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-apache-sshd 2.9.2-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-elytron-web +1 1.9.3-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hal-console 3.3.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-hibernate-search +5 5.10.13-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-ironjacamar +8 1.5.10-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jackson-core +10 2.12.7-1.redhat_00003.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-javaee-security-soteria +1 1.0.1-3.redhat_00003.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-ejb-client 4.0.49-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-jsf-api_2.3_spec 3.0.0-6.SP07_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-jsp-api_2.3_spec 2.0.0-3.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-remoting 5.0.27-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jboss-server-migration +2 1.10.0-24.Final_redhat_00023.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-jettison 1.5.2-1.redhat_00002.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-undertow 2.2.22-1.SP3_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly +4 7.4.9-4.GA_redhat_00003.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-wildfly-elytron +1 1.15.16-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 eap7-woodstox-core 6.4.0-1.redhat_00001.1.el7eap RHSA-2023:0554, RHSA-2023:0553, RHSA-2023:0552

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 8 custodia +1 0.6.0-3.module_el8.6.0+2881+2f24dc92 ALSA-2020:4670
AlmaLinux 8 python3-jwcrypto 0.5.0-1.module_el8.5.0+2641+983b221b ALSA-2020:4670
AlmaLinux 8 python3-kdcproxy 0.4-5.module_el8.6.0+2881+2f24dc92 ALSA-2020:4670
AlmaLinux 8 python3-pyusb 1.0.0-9.module_el8.5.0+2641+983b221b ALSA-2020:4670
AlmaLinux 8 python3-qrcode +1 5.1-12.module_el8.5.0+2641+983b221b ALSA-2020:4670
AlmaLinux 8 python3-yubico 1.3.2-9.module_el8.5.0+2641+983b221b ALSA-2020:4670

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 8 apache-commons-collections 3.2.2-10.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 apache-commons-lang 2.6-21.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 apache-commons-net 3.6-3.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 bea-stax 1.2.0-16.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 custodia 0.6.0-3.module+el8.4.0+429+6bd33fea RLSA-2020:4670
Rocky Linux 8 glassfish-fastinfoset 1.2.13-9.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 glassfish-jaxb 2.2.11-11.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 glassfish-jaxb-api 2.2.12-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 jackson-core +2 2.10.0-1.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 jackson-jaxrs-providers 2.9.9-1.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 jackson-module-jaxb-annotations 2.7.6-4.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 jakarta-commons-httpclient 1:3.1-28.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 javassist 3.18.1-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 ldapjdk 4.22.0-1.module+el8.4.0+418+b7ae1d4a RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 pki-servlet-engine 1:9.0.30-1.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 python-jwcrypto 0.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+429+6bd33fea RLSA-2020:4670
Rocky Linux 8 python-kdcproxy 0.4-5.module+el8.3.0+244+0b2ae752 RLSA-2020:4670
Rocky Linux 8 python-nss 1.0.1-10.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 python-qrcode 5.1-12.module+el8.4.0+429+6bd33fea RLSA-2020:4670
Rocky Linux 8 python-yubico 1.3.2-9.module+el8.4.0+429+6bd33fea RLSA-2020:4670
Rocky Linux 8 pyusb 1.0.0-9.module+el8.4.0+429+6bd33fea RLSA-2020:4670
Rocky Linux 8 relaxngDatatype 2011.1-7.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 resteasy 3.0.26-3.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 slf4j 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+74+855e3f5d RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 xerces-j2 2.11.0-34.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 xml-commons-apis 1.4.01-25.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 xml-commons-resolver 1.2-26.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 xmlstreambuffer 1.5.4-8.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
Rocky Linux 8 xsom 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.3.0+53+ea062990 RLSA-2020:4847
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP1 ruby2.5 2.5.7-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0737-1
SLES 15 ruby2.5 2.5.7-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0737-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 ruby2.5 2.5.7-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0737-1
SLE HPC 15 ruby2.5 2.5.7-4.8.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0737-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.1 ruby2.5 2.5.7-lp151.4.6.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:0395-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 rabbitmq-server 3.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 rabbitmq-server 3.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 rabbitmq-server 3.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 rabbitmq-server 3.7.17-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 rabbitmq-server 3.7.17-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.10 ruby 2.5.6-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 ipa-client +10 4.6.8-5.amzn2 ALAS2-2020-1519

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 ceph 18.2.2-1 —
Azure Linux 3 python-blinker 1.7.0-4 —
Azure Linux 3 python-httplib2 No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 apache-commons-collections 3.2.2-10.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 apache-commons-lang 2.6-21.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 apache-commons-net 3.6-3.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 bea-stax-api 1.2.0-16.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 bind-dyndb-ldap 11.3-1.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 custodia +1 0.6.0-3.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 glassfish-fastinfoset 1.2.13-9.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 glassfish-jaxb-api 2.2.12-8.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 glassfish-jaxb-core +2 2.2.11-11.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 ipa-client +13 4.8.7-12.0.1.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 ipa-healthcheck +1 0.4-6.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 jackson-core +2 2.10.0-1.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 jackson-jaxrs-providers +1 2.9.9-1.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 jackson-module-jaxb-annotations 2.7.6-4.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 jakarta-commons-httpclient 1:3.1-28.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 javassist +1 3.18.1-8.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 jss +1 4.7.3-1.module+el8.3.0+7857+983338ee ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 ldapjdk +1 4.22.0-1.module+el8.3.0+7857+983338ee ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 opendnssec 2.1.6-2.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 pki-ca +7 10.9.4-1.0.1.module+el8.3.0+7857+983338ee ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 pki-servlet-engine +1 1:9.0.30-1.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 python3-jwcrypto 0.5.0-1.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 python3-kdcproxy 0.4-5.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 python3-nss +1 1.0.1-10.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 python3-pyusb 1.0.0-9.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 python3-qrcode +1 5.1-12.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 python3-yubico 1.3.2-9.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 relaxngDatatype 2011.1-7.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 resteasy 3.0.26-3.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 slapi-nis 0.56.5-4.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 slf4j +1 1.7.25-4.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 softhsm +1 2.6.0-3.module+el8.3.0+7868+2151076c ELSA-2020-4670
Oracle Linux 8 stax-ex 1.7.7-8.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 tomcatjss 7.5.0-1.module+el8.3.0+7857+983338ee ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 velocity 1.7-24.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 xalan-j2 2.7.1-38.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 xerces-j2 2.11.0-34.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 xml-commons-apis 1.4.01-25.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 xml-commons-resolver 1.2-26.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 xmlstreambuffer 1.5.4-8.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 8 xsom 0-19.20110809svn.module+el8.3.0+7697+44932688 ELSA-2020-4847
Oracle Linux 7 ipa-client +10 4.6.8-5.0.1.el7 ELSA-2020-3936

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 4 repositories

  • halkichi0308/CVE-2015-9251 ★ 9 · Dec 20, 2018
  • hackgiver/CVE-2015-9251 ★ 2 · Jan 8, 2025

    This repository contains a Proof of Concept (PoC) for CVE-2015-9251, a vulnerability in jQuery versions prior to 3.0.0 that allows attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks under certai…

  • moften/CVE-2015-9251 ★ 2 · Nov 1, 2024

    PoC para CVE-2015-9251 jQuery menor a 3.0.0.

  • rox-11/xss ★ 0 · Jun 6, 2025

    cve-2015-9251

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.webjars.npm:jquery < 1.12.2 1.12.2 GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98
Maven org.webjars.npm:jquery >= 1.12.3, < 3.0.0 3.0.0 GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98
npm jquery < 1.12.2 1.12.2 GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98
npm jquery >= 1.12.3, < 3.0.0 3.0.0 GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98
NuGet jQuery < 1.12.2 1.12.2 GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98
NuGet jQuery >= 1.12.3, < 3.0.0 3.0.0 GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98
RubyGems jquery-rails < 4.2.0 4.2.0 GHSA-rmxg-73gg-4p98

Advisories 28

References