Vulnerability · Published Mar 17, 2022 · Assigned by naver

CVE-2022-24072

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in NAVER Whale browser from NAVER. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The devtools API in Whale browser before 3.12.129.18 allowed extension developers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the extension store web page via devtools.inspectedWindow, leading to extensions downloading and uploading when users open the developer tool.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NAVER NAVER Whale browser unspecified – before 3.12.129.46

Weakness: CWE-269

References