Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CVE-2021-21141
Summary
Insufficient policy enforcement in File System API in Google Chrome prior to 88.0.4324.96 allowed a remote attacker to bypass file extension policy via a crafted HTML page.
- LOW
- NETWORK
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- REQUIRED
- NONE
- NONE
- NONE
CWE-74 - Injection
Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.
Advisory Timeline
- Published