CVE-2011-2361

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The Basic Authentication dialog implementation in Google Chrome before 13.0.782.107 does not properly handle strings, which might make it easier for remote attackers to capture credentials via a crafted web site.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 13.0.782.107 — fixed in 13.0.782.107

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 13.0.782.107. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=79426
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update.html
http://osvdb.org/74231
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68943
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14595
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=79426
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/08/stable-channel-update.html
http://osvdb.org/74231
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68943
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14595

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