CVE-2022-23264
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) was affected by a spoofing vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-23264. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in February 2022, affecting all versions of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) prior to version 98.0.1108.50 (MSRC, Rapid7).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.7 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges, but does require user interaction (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially lead to spoofing attacks and data integrity issues. When successfully exploited, it could allow an attacker to manipulate data presentation to users, though the confidentiality and availability of the system remain unaffected (CERT-FR).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade their Microsoft Edge installations to version 98.0.1108.50 or later to mitigate this security issue (MSRC).

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