Improper Handling of HTML Entities in WebPageSerializerImpl::openTagToString Function in Google Chrome

CVE-2015-6790 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The WebPageSerializerImpl::openTagToString function in WebKit/Source/web/WebPageSerializerImpl.cpp in the page serializer in Google Chrome before 47.0.2526.80 does not properly use HTML entities, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted document, as demonstrated by a double-quote character inside a single-quoted string.

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