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HistoryNov 21, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

Google Chrome Webcore Webkit 'XSSAuditor.cpp' XSS Vulnerability - Mac OS X

2012-11-2100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG
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4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

5.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

50.7%

Google Chrome is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802498");
  script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5851");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-11-21 15:15:03 +0530 (Wed, 21 Nov 2012)");
  script_name("Google Chrome Webcore Webkit 'XSSAuditor.cpp' XSS Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92692");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56570");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://blog.opensecurityresearch.com/2012/09/simple-cross-site-scripting-vector-that.html");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_google_chrome_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("GoogleChrome/MacOSX/Version");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to bypass a
cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism via a crafted string.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Google Chrome version 4.x to 22 on Mac OS X");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to 'html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp' in WebCore in
WebKit does not consider all possible output contexts of reflected data.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability.
Likely none will be provided anymore.
General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Google Chrome is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

chromeVer = get_kb_item("GoogleChrome/MacOSX/Version");
if(!chromeVer){
  exit(0);
}

if(version_is_greater_equal(version:chromeVer, test_version:"4") &&
   version_is_less(version:chromeVer, test_version:"23")){
  security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

5.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

50.7%

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