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GHSA-gpqq-952q-5327

XSS in the `of` option of the `.position()` util in jquery-ui

Quick fix

GHSA-gpqq-952q-5327 — jquery-ui: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install jquery-ui@1.13.0

Details

### Impact Accepting the value of the `of` option of the [`.position()`](https://api.jqueryui.com/position/) util from untrusted sources may execute untrusted code. For example, invoking the following code: ```js $( "#element" ).position( { my: "left top", at: "right bottom", of: "<img onerror='doEvilThing()' src='/404' />", collision: "none" } ); ``` will call the `doEvilThing()` function.

### Patches The issue is fixed in jQuery UI 1.13.0. Any string value passed to the `of` option is now treated as a CSS selector.

### Workarounds A workaround is to not accept the value of the `of` option from untrusted sources.

### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, search for a relevant issue in [the jQuery UI repo](https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/issues). If you don't find an answer, open a new issue.

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Affected packages

npm/jquery-ui
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.13.0
Fixnpm install jquery-ui@1.13.0
Maven/org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.13.0
Fix# pom.xml: bump <version>1.13.0</version> for org.webjars.npm:jquery-ui
NuGet/jQuery.UI.Combined
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.13.0
Fixdotnet add package jQuery.UI.Combined --version 1.13.0
RubyGems/jquery-ui-rails
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 7.0.0
Fixbundle update jquery-ui-rails

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