CVE-2018-6051 (GCVE-0-2018-6051)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-25 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
XSS Auditor in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119, did not ensure the reporting URL was in the same origin as the page it was on, which allowed a remote attacker to obtain referrer details via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- Inappropriate implementation
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/sta… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4103 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102797 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040282 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://crbug.com/441275 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0265 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-01-24 00:00
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