Spoofing attack in Microsoft Edge - CVE-2022-44688

 

Spoofing attack in Microsoft Edge - CVE-2022-44688

Published: December 6, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69933
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-44688
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can spoof page content.


Affected software

Microsoft Edge
Gentoo Linux
dev-qt/qtwebengine
www-client/microsoft-edge
www-client/chromium-bin
www-client/google-chrome
www-client/chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2022-44688

Install updates from vendor's website.

Microsoft Edge - update to 108.0.1462.41
dev-qt/qtwebengine - update to 103.0.5060.53
www-client/microsoft-edge - update to 109.0.1518.61
www-client/chromium-bin - update to 109.0.5414.74
www-client/google-chrome - update to 109.0.5414.74
www-client/chromium - update to 109.0.5414.74-r1

External References

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