CVE-2013-6657

medium

Description

core/html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in the XSS auditor in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.117, inserts the about:blank URL during certain blocking of FORM elements within HTTP requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

References

https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/blink?revision=164538&view=revision

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=331060

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2883

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00006.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2014/02/stable-channel-update_20.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-02-24

Updated: 2014-04-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium