CVEs-PoC/2020/CVE-2020-7656.md

### [CVE-2020-7656](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7656)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=jquery&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Cross-site%20Scripting&color=brighgreen)

### Description

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERY-569619
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/bitokenja3/GMRIGHT2-coll
- https://github.com/ctcpip/jquery-security
- https://github.com/gmright2-platform/gmright2-coll.platform
- https://github.com/ossf-cve-benchmark/CVE-2020-7656