Versions of the package jquery-validation before 1.20.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the showLabel() function, which may take input from a user-controlled placeholder value. This value will populate a message via $.validator.messages in a user localizable dictionary.
CVE ID: CVE-2025-3573
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Vendor: n/a
Product: jquery-validation
EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 6.53% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-04-16 (when was this score calculated)