Is CVE-2012-6708 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-6708 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-6708?

CVE-2012-6708 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-6708?

CVE-2012-6708 has an EPSS score of 8.63% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6708?

Upgrade jquery on ubuntu 14.04 to 1.7.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-6708

MEDIUMEPSS 94th pctl

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

jqueryUbuntu

Fixed in:1.7.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1USN-7622-1

Fixed in:1.11.3+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7622-1

Fixed in:3.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7622-1

libjs-jqueryUbuntu

Fixed in:1.7.2+dfsg-2ubuntu1+esm1USN-7622-1

Fixed in:1.11.3+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7622-1

Fixed in:3.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7622-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

8.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

bugs.jquery.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.