CVE-2011-3881
WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 15.0.874.102 and Android before 4.4, allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via vectors related to (1) the DOMWindow::clear function and use of a selection object, (2) the Object::GetRealNamedPropertyInPrototypeChain function and use of an __proto__ property, (3) the HTMLPlugInImageElement::allowedToLoadFrameURL function and use of a javascript: URL, (4) incorrect origins for XSLT-generated documents in the XSLTProcessor::createDocumentFromSource function, and (5) improper handling of synchronous frame loads in the ScriptController::executeIfJavaScriptURL function.
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-79
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3835)
- Published
- October 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3835 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
- apple / safari
- google / android
- google / chrome
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=96047
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=96885
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=98053
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=99512
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=99750
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/10/chrome-stable-release.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48288
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48377
- http://www.rafayhackingarticles.net/2014/10/a-tale-of-another-sop-bypass-in-android.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026774
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/109d59bf6fe4abfd001fc60ddd403f1046b117ef
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70959
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12940
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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