CVE-2012-4905 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2012-4905?

CVE-2012-4905 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 13 Sep 2012. 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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025308 on Android allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an extra in an Intent object, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4905?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4905?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4905 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-2012-4905 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-4905 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c5xh-6qp8-4792.