CVE-2012-2899 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2012-2899?

CVE-2012-2899 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 5 Jan 2014. 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 before 21.0.1180.82 on iOS makes certain incorrect calls to WebView methods that trigger use of an applewebdata: URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via vectors involving the document.write method.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2899?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2899?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2899 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-2012-2899 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qgwf-3p7g-gqvp.