CVE-2012-5851

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Nov 15, 2012
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Nov 8, 2012

Description

html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in WebCore in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome through 22 and Safari 5.1.7, does not consider all possible output contexts of reflected data, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism via a crafted string, aka rdar problem 12019108.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

webkit-webcore-sec-bypass(80072)vdb-entry
http://blog.opensecurityresearch.com/2012/09/simple-cross-site-scripting-vector-that.html
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92692

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