CVE-2014-6071

Publication date 16 January 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

jQuery 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors related to use of the text method inside after.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
jquery	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

jquery 1.6 and higher have a hardening fix

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.1 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.1 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6071

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