CVE-2013-6166 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can force persistent logout via CSRF by exploiting Chrome's lack of cookie character validation, requiring user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-6166?
CVE-2013-6166 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 15 Feb 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 29 sends HTTP Cookie headers without first validating that they have the required character-set restrictions, which allows remote attackers to conduct the equivalent of a persistent Logout CSRF attack via a crafted parameter that forces a web application to set a malformed cookie within an HTTP response.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6166?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6166?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-6166 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-6166 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3rj-c9pq-rmgx.