EXIF Viewer For Chrome 'artist' Tag Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	68991
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 01 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 01 2014 12:00AM
Credit:	Fady Mohamed Osman
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

EXIF Viewer For Chrome 'artist' Tag Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

EXIF Viewer for Chrome is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

EXIF Viewer for Chrome 2.4.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

EXIF Viewer For Chrome 'artist' Tag Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

EXIF Viewer For Chrome 'artist' Tag Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

EXIF Viewer For Chrome 'artist' Tag Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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