What is CVE-2018-20071?

CVE-2018-20071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-20071?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Google Chrome

CVE-2018-20071

Insufficiently strict origin checks during JIT payment app installation in Payments in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to install a service worker for a domain that can host attacker controled files via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (31.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20071?: CVE-2018-20071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-20071?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.