Critters 0.0.17-0.0.19 XSS via HTML parsing in extension
CVE-2023-3481 Published on August 21, 2023
XSS in Chrome Lab Critters
Critters versions 0.0.17-0.0.19 have an issue when parsing the HTML, which leads to a potential cross-site scripting (XSS) bug. We recommend upgrading to version 0.0.20 of the extension.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-3481 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Types
What is a Basic XSS Vulnerability?
The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This may allow such characters to be treated as control characters, which are executed client-side in the context of the user's session. Although this can be classified as an injection problem, the more pertinent issue is the improper conversion of such special characters to respective context-appropriate entities before displaying them to the user.
CVE-2023-3481 has been classified to as a Basic XSS vulnerability or weakness.
What is an Output Sanitization Vulnerability?
The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
CVE-2023-3481 has been classified to as an Output Sanitization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-3481
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome Labs Critters:- Version 0.0.17 and below 0.0.19 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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