DOM Tree Insertion Vulnerability in Blink Allows Same Origin Policy Bypass

CVE-2015-6755 · HIGH Severity

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

The ContainerNode::parserInsertBefore function in core/dom/ContainerNode.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 46.0.2490.71, proceeds with a DOM tree insertion in certain cases where a parent node no longer contains a child node, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted JavaScript code.

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