CVE-2018-6051 describes a vulnerability in the XSS Auditor component of Google Chrome prior to version 64.0.3282.119, affecting products like Debian, Google, and Red Hat. This flaw allowed a remote attacker to obtain referrer details by crafting a malicious HTML page, as the XSS Auditor failed to verify that the reporting URL shared the same origin as the page. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to a low impact on confidentiality (C:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 64.0.3282.119CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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