CVE-2015-6790 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6790?

CVE-2015-6790 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 14 Dec 2015. 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

The WebPageSerializerImpl::openTagToString function in WebKit/Source/web/WebPageSerializerImpl.cpp in the page serializer in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.80 does not properly use HTML entities, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted document, as demonstrated by a double-quote character inside a single-quoted string.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6790?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6790?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2015-6790 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6790 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-j459-hg6r-rr22, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6790.