CVE-2015-1261

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

android/java/src/org/chromium/chrome/browser/WebsiteSettingsPopup.java in Google Chrome before 43.0.2357.65 on Android does not properly restrict use of a URL's fragment identifier during construction of a page-info popup, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL bar or deliver misleading popup content via crafted text.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Google Chrome: through 42.0.2311.107

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00015.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3267
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74723
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032375
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=466351
https://codereview.chromium.org/1011383005
https://codereview.chromium.org/1056743002
https://codereview.chromium.org/1077483002
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/05/stable-channel-update_19.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00091.html

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