XSS in Flock

CVE-2010-1236

The protocolIs function in platform/KURLGoogle.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r55822, as used in Google Chrome before 4.1.249.1036 and Flock Browser 3.x before 3.0.0.4112, does not properly handle whitespace at the beginning of a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted javascript: URL, as demonstrated by a \x00javascript:alert sequence.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.013 (68.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Flock — versions 3.0.0.4094
  • Google Chrome — versions 4.0.276.0, 4.0.260.0, 4.1.249.1008
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References