SB2021112002 - Multiple vulnerabilities in jQuery UI
Published: November 20, 2021 Updated: November 7, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41182)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of values passed as the `altField` option of the Datepicker widget. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41184)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of values passed to the `of` option. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41183)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing values of various `*Text` options. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the library and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-9gj3-hwp5-pmwc
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/pull/1954/commits/6809ce843e5ac4128108ea4c15cbc100653c2b63
- https://blog.jqueryui.com/2021/10/jquery-ui-1-13-0-released/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0004/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O74SXYY7RGXREQDQUDQD4BPJ4QQTD2XQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SNXA7XRKGINWSUIPIZ6ZBCTV6N3KSHES/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXIUUBRVLA4E7G7MMIKCEN75YN7UFERW/
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/effa323f1505f2ce7a324e4f429fa9032c72f280
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-gpqq-952q-5327
- https://bugs.jqueryui.com/ticket/15284
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/pull/1953
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-j7qv-pgf6-hvh4