CVE-2011-2357
Cross-application scripting vulnerability in the Browser URL loading functionality in Android 2.3.4 and 3.1 allows local applications to bypass the sandbox and execute arbitrary Javascript in arbitrary domains by (1) causing the MAX_TAB number of tabs to be opened, then loading a URI to the targeted domain into the current tab, or (2) making two startActivity function calls beginning with the targeted domain's URI followed by the malicious Javascript while the UI focus is still associated with the targeted domain.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 4.6% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2346)
- Published
- August 12, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2346 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- google / android
- google / android
References
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/cts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7e48fb87d48d27e65942b53b7918288c8d740e17
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git%3B%20a=commit%3Bh=096bae248453abe83cbb2e5a2c744bd62cdb620b
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Browser.git%3B%20a=commit%3Bh=afa4ab1e4c1d645e34bd408ce04cadfd2e5dae1e
- http://blog.watchfire.com/files/advisory-android-browser.pdf
- http://blog.watchfire.com/wfblog/2011/08/android-browser-cross-application-scripting-cve-2011-2357.html
- http://osvdb.org/74260
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45457
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8335
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025881
- http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/android-vuln/
- http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/android-vuln/android_xss.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519146/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48954
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68937
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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