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CVE-2021-41184

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41184 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jQuery UI versions prior to 1.13.0, affecting products like Drupal, Oracle, and Tenable. This flaw allows untrusted code execution if the 'of' option in the .position() utility accepts unvalidated input. With a CVSS score of 6.1, it requires user interaction and can lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules exist, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite no evidence of active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jqueryui:jquery_ui:*:*:*:*:*:jquery:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
40.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4077 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

bitdefenderpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: ['8.2.12', '9.0.6', '9.1.1']
View patch
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.webjars.npm:jquery-uiFixed in: 1.13.0
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jquery-uiFixed in: 1.13.0
nugetpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jQuery.UI.CombinedFixed in: 1.13.0
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.4Fixed in: org.ovirt.engine-root-0:4.5.0.7-9
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jquery-ui-railsFixed in: 7.0.0
gcpvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
View patch

Vendor Advisories (4)

gcpllm-gcp-e5f65d7402a7c423MEDIUM

Certain HP Enterprise LaserJet, LaserJet Managed printers - Potential denial of service, potential Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Oct 4, 2023
bitdefenderllm-bitdefender-2250a01bd7a7224eHIGH

August 2023 Third Party Package Updates in Splunk Enterprise

Aug 30, 2023
npmGHSA-gpqq-952q-5327medium

XSS in the `of` option of the `.position()` util in jquery-ui

Oct 26, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-41184Moderate

jquery-ui: XSS in the 'of' option of the .position() util

Oct 25, 2021

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/37
blog.jqueryui.com / 2021/10/jquery-ui-1-13-0-released
Release NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / jquery/jquery-ui/commit/effa323f1505f2ce7a324e4f429fa9032c72f280
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / jquery/jquery-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-gpqq-952q-5327
MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVKIOWSXL2RF2ULNAP7PHESYCFSZIJE3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXIUUBRVLA4E7G7MMIKCEN75YN7UFERW
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O74SXYY7RGXREQDQUDQD4BPJ4QQTD2XQ
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SGSY236PYSFYIEBRGDERLA7OSY6D7XL4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SNXA7XRKGINWSUIPIZ6ZBCTV6N3KSHES
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20211118-0004
Third Party Advisory
drupal.org / sa-core-2022-001
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2022-09
PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory