CVE-2009-1413 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1413?

CVE-2009-1413 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 24 Apr 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Google Chrome 1.0.x does not cancel timeouts upon a page transition, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Universal XSS attacks by calling setTimeout to trigger future execution of JavaScript code, and then modifying document.location to arrange for JavaScript execution in the context of an arbitrary web site. NOTE: this can be leveraged for a remote attack by exploiting a chromehtml: argument-injection vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1413?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1413?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1413 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2009-1413 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1413 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pw5v-pxf7-g2j2.