Cross-Site Scripting

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plugin 1.10.8 and earlier for jQuery allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the scripts parameter to media/unit_testing/templates/6776.php.

Recommendation

Update to a version greater than 1.10.8.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536437/100/0/threaded
• https://www.netsparker.com/cve-2015-6384-xss-vulnerability-identified-in-datatables/
• https://github.com/DataTables/DataTables/issues/602
• https://github.com/DataTables/DataTablesSrc/commit/ccf86dc5982bd8e16d
• GitHub Advisory