Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2015-9251

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2018-01-18
WeaknessCWE-79

Am I affected?

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Description

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2018-01-1823:29CVE publishedNVD
2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

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Versions per branch

NVD

Oracle agile product lifecycle management for process

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
6.2	= 6.2.0.0	no fix published	NVD
6.2	= 6.2.1.0	no fix published	NVD
6.2	= 6.2.2.0	no fix published	NVD
6.2	= 6.2.3.0	no fix published	NVD
6.2	= 6.2.3.1	no fix published	NVD

Oracle primavera unifier

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
17.x	≥ 17.1, ≤ 17.12	no fix published	NVD
16.1	= 16.1	no fix published	NVD
16.2	= 16.2	no fix published	NVD
18.8	= 18.8	no fix published	NVD

Oracle banking platform

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
2.6	= 2.6.0	no fix published	NVD
2.6	= 2.6.1	no fix published	NVD
2.6	= 2.6.2	no fix published	NVD

44 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Vendor advisories

ICSA-18-212-04 CISA2 known affected
AVEVA InTouch Access Anywhere
Vulnerable versions of jQuery are those: prior to Version 3.0.0 · InTouch Access Anywhere: 2017 Update 2 and prior

Full record on NVD

Fix

Vendor fix CISA ICSA-18-212-04 · 2 productsAVEVA recommends users install update “InTouch Access Anywhere 2017 Update 2b�or later
Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-212-04 · 2 productsAVEVA has published Security Bulletin LFSEC00000126.

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: 4 repositories, unverifiedhalkichi0308/CVE-2015-9251moften/CVE-2015-9251hackgiver/CVE-2015-9251rox-11/xss

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.06.1read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.04.3read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score29.7 %read 2026-10-23
PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept4read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published: 2018-01-18
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-9251?

jQuery before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks when a cross-domain Ajax request is performed without the dataType option, causing text/javascript responses to be executed.

Is CVE-2015-9251 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2015-9251 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 29.7% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-9251?

CVE-2015-9251 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

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