CVE-2019-5783 Cross-site scripting in Chrome
Remote attackers can execute scripts or steal data via Dangling Markup Injection in Chrome DevTools due to missing URI encoding.
- 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
- Available
What is CVE-2019-5783?
CVE-2019-5783 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Feb 2019. 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
Missing URI encoding of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform a Dangling Markup Injection attack via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5783?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5783?
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-2019-5783 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5783 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5783, GHSA-hhph-qp2g-c7cc, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5783.