Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-30540

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Spoofing attack in Google Chrome - CVE-2021-30540

Published: May 25, 2021 / Updated: May 25, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53561
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30540
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in payments in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it and spoof web page content.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2021-30540

Update to version 91.0.4472.77.

Google Chrome - update to 91.0.4472.77
Microsoft Edge - update to 91.0.864.37
chromium - addressed in versions 91.0.4472.114-1.el8, 91.0.4472.114-1.fc33, 91.0.4472.114-1.fc34, 91.0.4472.114-2.el8, 91.0.4472.114-2.fc33, 91.0.4472.164-1.el8

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