Versions of the package jquery-validation before 1.20.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the showLabel() function, which may take input from a user-controlled placeholder value. This value will populate a message via $.validator.messages in a user localizable dictionary.
{
"severity": "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-04-15T14:24:22Z",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-15T05:15:31Z"
}