CVE-2025-3071
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-3071 was discovered in Google Chrome's Navigation implementation. The issue affects versions prior to 135.0.7049.52 and was reported by David Erceg on February 23, 2020. The vulnerability was officially disclosed on April 1, 2025, and received a Chromium security severity rating of Low (Chrome Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from an inappropriate implementation in the Navigations component of Google Chrome that could allow bypass of the same-origin policy through specific UI gestures. The vulnerability has received a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. The weakness has been categorized as CWE-346 (Origin Validation Error) (NVD Database, Rapid7).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to bypass the same-origin policy if they successfully convince a user to engage in specific UI gestures on a crafted HTML page. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to cross-origin resources, compromising the web security model (NVD Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 135.0.7049.52. Users are advised to update their Chrome browser to this version or later to mitigate the risk. The fix was part of a broader security update that addressed multiple vulnerabilities (Chrome Release).

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