CVE-2023-4078 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Published: 2023-08-03

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Chrome

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`115.0.5790.170`	affected	< 115.0.5790.170

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5467-1	chromium security update

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00181.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/1461895
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5467

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2023-08-03T00:27:47.863Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:08:45.960Z

Reserved: 2023-08-02T00:50:45.296Z

Link: CVE-2023-4078

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-03T01:15:12.167

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:34:21.703

Link: CVE-2023-4078

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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