CVE-2025-3573: jquery-validation vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrj2-ph5q-jxw2
- github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation
- github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/commit/7a490d8f39bd988027568ddcf51755e1f4688902
- github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/pull/2462
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3573
- security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERYVALIDATION-5952285
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