XSS Auditor in Blink Allows Same Origin Policy Bypass in Google Chrome

CVE-2013-6657 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

core/html/parser/XSSAuditor.cpp in the XSS auditor in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 33.0.1750.117, inserts the about:blank URL during certain blocking of FORM elements within HTTP requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

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