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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2010-1126

Medium
5.8/10

Summary

The JavaScript implementation in WebKit allows remote attackers to send selected keystrokes to a form field in a hidden frame, instead of the intended form field in a visible frame, via certain calls to the focus method.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published