Back
CVE-2012-2899
Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.82 on iOS makes certain incorrect calls to WebView methods that trigger use of an applewebdata: URL, which…
Medium4.3EPSS 0.81%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.82 on iOS makes certain incorrect calls to WebView methods that trigger use of an applewebdata: URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks via vectors involving the document.write method.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.81% · top 43% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=147625 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/chrome-for-ios-update_24.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .