CVE-2021-41184
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
40.8%
98.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-79
Published 2021-10-26 · modified 2026-08-25
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | N | None |
| User Interaction | R | Required |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | N | None |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | N | None |
Timeline
- 2021-10-26 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-25 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
jQuery-UI is the official jQuery user interface library. Prior to version 1.13.0, accepting the value of the `of` option of the `.position()` util from untrusted sources may execute untrusted code. The issue is fixed in jQuery UI 1.13.0. Any string value passed to the `of` option is now treated as a CSS selector. A workaround is to not accept the value of the `of` option from untrusted sources.
Affected
References
- https://blog.jqueryui.com/2021/10/jquery-ui-1-13-0-released/
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/effa323f1505f2ce7a324e4f429fa9032c72f280
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-gpqq-952q-5327
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVKIOWSXL2RF2ULNAP7PHESYCFSZIJE3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXIUUBRVLA4E7G7MMIKCEN75YN7UFERW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O74SXYY7RGXREQDQUDQD4BPJ4QQTD2XQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGSY236PYSFYIEBRGDERLA7OSY6D7XL4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SNXA7XRKGINWSUIPIZ6ZBCTV6N3KSHES/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0004/
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-001
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/37
- https://blog.jqueryui.com/2021/10/jquery-ui-1-13-0-released/
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/commit/effa323f1505f2ce7a324e4f429fa9032c72f280
- https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-gpqq-952q-5327
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVKIOWSXL2RF2ULNAP7PHESYCFSZIJE3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXIUUBRVLA4E7G7MMIKCEN75YN7UFERW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O74SXYY7RGXREQDQUDQD4BPJ4QQTD2XQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGSY236PYSFYIEBRGDERLA7OSY6D7XL4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SNXA7XRKGINWSUIPIZ6ZBCTV6N3KSHES/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0004/
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2022-001
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09