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CVE-2012-5851

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

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Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-38024

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 4

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

blog.opensecurityresearch.com

bugs.webkit.org

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