CVE-2019-5778 — Cross-site Scripting in Google Chrome

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting7 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Google ChromeChromiumDebian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 19
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 72.0.3626.81
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 72.0.3626.81
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 72.0.3626.81-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 29, 30

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wh8r-xwhr-8847: A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2019-5778: A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72↗2019-02-19
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CVEList
CVE-2019-5778: A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72↗2019-02-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions↗2019-01-29
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Debian
CVE-2019-5778: chromium - A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Exte...↗2019
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-5778 chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions↗2019-01-30
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