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Why Vulnerable Version of the Library ‘jquery’ Found can be dangerous

Different versions of ‘jquery’ libraries have known issues and bugs which can be manually checked here: http://research.insecurelabs.org/jquery/test/.
Vulnerabilities can vary from simple bugs on selectors to more serious security issues which can lead to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack.

How to fix Vulnerable Version of the Library ‘jquery’ Found

Update the JavaScript ‘jquery’ library to eliminate known vulnerabilities of its current version.

How does ScanRepeat report Vulnerable Version of the Library ‘jquery’ Found

ScanRepeat detects the version of ‘jquery’ library being used in the website and compares it against a list of versions with known vulnerabilities. ScanRepeat reports every URL which includes the vulnerable library, information about its known issues and the highest ‘jquery’ version that is affected by this vulnerability.

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