Universal XSS in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5124

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Universal XSS in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5124

Published: October 26, 2017 / Updated: June 17, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8943
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5124
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists in the link modal due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary MHTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
qt5-qtwebengine
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5124

Update to version 62.0.3202.62.

Google Chrome - update to 62.0.3202.62
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.9.3-1.fc25, 5.9.3-1.fc26, 5.9.3-1.fc27
chromium - addressed in versions 62.0.3202.75-1.fc25, 62.0.3202.75-1.fc26, 62.0.3202.75-1.fc27, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc25, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc26, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc27, 63.0.3239.108-1.fc26

Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

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