jquery-form / jquery-form/form
"Unsafe jQuery plugin" CodeQl alerts
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Description
Description:
"Unsafe jQuery plugin" vulnerability alert frome CodeQl tool
Expected Behavior:
Safer plugin with no vulnerability
Actual behavior:
Potential XSS vulnerability
Versions:
jquery.form v 4.3.0
Demonstration
Steps to reproduce:
Run CodeQl towards jquery.form source code
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by running CodeQL against the jquery.form source at version 4.3.0 and review the reported unsafe jQuery plugin alert alongside the reproduction screenshots. Trace the potential XSS path and define done as resolving the alert without introducing regressions in the plugin's form behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, jquery
- Domain
- frontend, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100