Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2025 · Assigned by snyk
CVE-2025-3573
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in jquery-validation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | kalkun | 0.8.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Debian:14 | kalkun | 0.8.3.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Debian:12 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Debian:13 | phpmyadmin | 4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Debian:14 | phpmyadmin | 4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Debian:12 | znuny | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Debian:13 | znuny | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Debian:14 | znuny | 6.5.16-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | kalkun | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | kalkun | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | kalkun | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | znuny | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | znuny | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | znuny | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | znuny | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3573 |
| npm | jquery-validation | 1.20.0 | GHSA-rrj2-ph5q-jxw2 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | jquery-validation | 0 – before 1.20.0 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N