CVE-2010-2301

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in editing/markup.cpp in WebCore in WebKit in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the node.innerHTML property of a TEXTAREA element. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2010-1762.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.50%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory google.com Vendor Advisory blogspot.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068 third party advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=43902 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212 vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/40072 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38922 exploit third party advisory patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11861 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html release notes vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2301?
CVE-2010-2301 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2301?
To fix CVE-2010-2301, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2301 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2301 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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