CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-5851

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2012-11-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-11-15
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-79

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.

Affected configurations

• apple webkit • google chrome (<= 22.0.1229.96) • google chrome 22.0.1229.0 • google chrome 22.0.1229.1 • google chrome 22.0.1229.2 • google chrome 22.0.1229.3 • google chrome 22.0.1229.4 • google chrome 22.0.1229.6 • google chrome 22.0.1229.7 • google chrome 22.0.1229.8 • google chrome 22.0.1229.9 • google chrome 22.0.1229.10 • google chrome 22.0.1229.11 • google chrome 22.0.1229.12 • google chrome 22.0.1229.14 • google chrome 22.0.1229.16 • google chrome 22.0.1229.17 • google chrome 22.0.1229.18 • google chrome 22.0.1229.20 • google chrome 22.0.1229.21 • google chrome 22.0.1229.22 • google chrome 22.0.1229.23 • google chrome 22.0.1229.24 • google chrome 22.0.1229.25 • google chrome 22.0.1229.26 • google chrome 22.0.1229.27 • google chrome 22.0.1229.28 • google chrome 22.0.1229.29 • google chrome 22.0.1229.31 • google chrome 22.0.1229.32 • google chrome 22.0.1229.33 • google chrome 22.0.1229.35 • google chrome 22.0.1229.36 • google chrome 22.0.1229.37 • google chrome 22.0.1229.39 • google chrome 22.0.1229.48 • google chrome 22.0.1229.49 • google chrome 22.0.1229.50 • google chrome 22.0.1229.51 • google chrome 22.0.1229.52 • google chrome 22.0.1229.53 • google chrome 22.0.1229.54 • google chrome 22.0.1229.55 • google chrome 22.0.1229.56 • google chrome 22.0.1229.57 • google chrome 22.0.1229.58 • google chrome 22.0.1229.59 • google chrome 22.0.1229.60 • google chrome 22.0.1229.62 • google chrome 22.0.1229.63 • google chrome 22.0.1229.64 • google chrome 22.0.1229.65 • google chrome 22.0.1229.67 • google chrome 22.0.1229.76 • google chrome 22.0.1229.78 • google chrome 22.0.1229.79 • google chrome 22.0.1229.89 • google chrome 22.0.1229.91 • google chrome 22.0.1229.92 • google chrome 22.0.1229.94 … and 2 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References