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.
Published: 2015-12-14
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3418-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-6727 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2860-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.756Z

Reserved: 2015-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-6790

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-12-14T11:59:03.013

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-6790

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-12-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-6790 - Bugzilla

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