CVE-2025-3573: Versions of the package jquery-validation before 1.20.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the showLabel() function, which may take...

5.3 CVSS

Description

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.

Classification

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

Problem Types

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a

Product: jquery-validation

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3573
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERYVALIDATION-5952285
https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/pull/2462
https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/commit/7a490d8f39bd988027568ddcf51755e1f4688902

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