CVE-2026-78178 (GCVE-0-2026-78178)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-24 02:45
Modified
2026-08-27 14:37
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/RC:R
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/RC:R
CWE
  • CWE-1321 - Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes
  • CWE-94 - Code Injection
Summary
A vulnerability was determined in jQWidgets up to 24.0.1. This affects the function JQXLite.extend/jqxBaseFramework.extend of the file jqwidgets/jqx-all.js. This manipulation causes improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes. The attack can be initiated remotely. The reported GitHub issue was closed with the label "not planned".
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a jQWidgets Version: 24.0.0
Version: 24.0.1
    cpe:2.3:a:jqwidgets:jqwidgets:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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