CVE-2025-3573

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.4%

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

5.3 medium

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

CVSS 3.1

6.1 medium

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2025-04-15
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-rrj2-ph5q-jxw2	npm	jquery-validation	<1.20.0	1.20.0

References

https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/commit/7a490d8f39bd988027568ddcf51755e1f4688902
https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/pull/2462
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JQUERYVALIDATION-5952285

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