CVE•Published 2026-08-24•Modified 2026-08-27•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-78178

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CVSS v3.1

7.3

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 64% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')CWE-1321Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')

Description

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".

Timeline

Published 2026-08-24

Modified 2026-08-27

External references

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