[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37110: Update to jQuery 3.*

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#37110: Update to jQuery 3.*
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 Reporter:  jorbin                               |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task (blessed)                       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  External Libraries                   |     Version:
 Severity:  critical                             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  early has-patch needs-testing        |     Focuses:  javascript
  needs-dev-note needs-screenshots needs-        |
  refresh                                        |
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Comment (by Dani3l3):

 Wow, I just became aware of this.... four years are a lot. jQuery 1.12.4
 is what is still currently included in core, which is ages old AND
 vulnerable to XSS --> even online tools like lighthouse will bring that
 up...

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