Medium

Potential XSS in jQuery dependency in Mirador

  • Disclosed: 18.09.2020
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

Mirador users less than v3.0.0 (alpha-rc) versions that have an unpatched jQuery. When adopters update jQuery they will find some of Mirador functionality to be broken.

Patches

Mirador adopters should update to v3.0.0, no updates exist for v2.x releases.

Workarounds

Yes, Mirador users could fork and create their own custom build of Mirador and make the bug fixes themselves.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gxr4-xjj5-5px2 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jpcq-cgw6-v4j6

https://blog.jquery.com/2020/04/10/jquery-3-5-0-released/ https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.5/

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package mirador < 3.0.0-alpha.0 3.0.0-alpha.0

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
npm
Package
mirador
Disclosed
18.09.2020
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hgwm-pv9h-q5m7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: mirador

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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