# CVE-2018-18405: jQuery v2.2.2 allows XSS via a crafted onerror attribute of an IMG element.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

jQuery v2.2.2 allows XSS via a crafted onerror attribute of an IMG element. NOTE: this vulnerability has been reported to be spam entry

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://gist.github.com/CyberSecurityUP/26c5b032897630fe8407da4a8ef216d4
- https://twitter.com/DanielRufde/status/1255185961866145792
- https://gitter.im/jquery/jquery?at=5ea844a05cd4fe50a3d7ddc9
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOE7P7APPRQKD4FGNHBKJPDY6FFCOH3W/

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