{"id":"CVE-2012-4905","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-4905","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:58:22.835Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025308 on Android allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an extra in an Intent object, aka \"Universal XSS (UXSS).\"","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025308 on Android allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an extra in an Intent object, aka \"Universal XSS (UXSS).\"","published":"2012-09-13T20:55:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:45:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["google/chrome"],"epss":{"score":0.01553,"percentile":0.74961,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-09-12","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37792,"kind":"exploit","title":"Google Chrome for Android - com.android.browser.application_id Intent Extra Data Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37792","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/android/remote/37792.txt","file":"exploits/android/remote/37792.txt","published":"2012-09-12","added":"2012-09-12","updated":"2016-10-10","author":"Artem Chaykin","type":"remote","platform":"android","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-4905","OSVDB-85432"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55523/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/chrome-for-android-update.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=144813","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/09/chrome-for-android-update.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=144813","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4905","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}