jQuery UI – CVE-2016-7103

Description

Cytrix has detected that the version of jQuery UI being used is vulnerable to Cross-site scripting (XSS).
This can be done by abusing the closeText parameter. Also known as CVE-2016-7103.

By abusing the closeText parameter of the dialog function in jQuery UI, remote attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts or any HTML.

Severity/Score

CVSS Version 3.x – 6.1 Medium

Recommendation

To fix CVE-2016-7103, update the version of the jQuery UI being used.
Make sure its version is 1.12.0 or higher.

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7103
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html