Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.195.21 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) RSS or (2) Atom feed, related to the rendering of the application/rss+xml content type as XML "active content."
Published Sep 18, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.39%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.195.21 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) RSS or (2) Atom feed, related to the rendering of the application/rss+xml content type as XML "active content."
Affected products
No data.
- 2.0.156.1
- 2.0.157.0
- 2.0.157.2
- 2.0.158.0
- 2.0.159.0
- 2.0.169.0
- 2.0.169.1
- 2.0.170.0
- 2.0.172
- 2.0.172.2
- 2.0.172.8
- 2.0.172.27
- 2.0.172.28
- 2.0.172.30
- 2.0.172.31
- 2.0.172.33
- 2.0.172.37
- 2.0.172.38
- 3.0.182.2
- 3.0.190.2
- 3.0.193.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01391) | 71.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.39% (0.01391) | 68.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.39% (0.00390) | 58.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00339) | 72.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00339) | 70.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00339) | 66.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=21238 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/09/stable-channel-update.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36770 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securethoughts.com/2009/09/exploiting-chrome-and-operas-inbuilt-atomrss-reader-with-script-execution-and-more/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506517/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36416 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=21238 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2009/09/stable-channel-update.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36770 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securethoughts.com/2009/09/exploiting-chrome-and-operas-inbuilt-atomrss-reader-with-script-execution-and-more/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506517/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36416 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
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