Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE-2020-6391
Summary
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 80.0.3987.87 allowed a local attacker to bypass content security policy via a crafted HTML page.
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- NETWORK
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- REQUIRED
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CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting
Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.
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