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Retirable code library where one should expect it least...
« on: January 18, 2019, 06:59:59 PM »
Where we found DOM-XSS sources and sinks: -https://cwe.mitre.org
Number of sources found: 2 ; number of sinks found: 73
and for -https://cwe.mitre.org/includes/cookie.js
Number of sources found: 41; number of sinks found: 17
Detected retirable jQuery library: https://retire.insecurity.today/#!/scan/b8a47cdac5c7a2b93eb23e18897a6584fadba59e61c776218ad53552848d05e7
See: https://snyk.io/vuln/npm:jquery
Also read here: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9251

This to be found on a National Vulnerability Database is unique.
Retirement of outdated and vulnerable jQuery script libraries should be done on a regular basis.

polonus (volunteer website security analyst and website error-hunter)
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