CVE-2025-4051: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Insufficient data validation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to version 136.0.7103.59 was identified as CVE-2025-4051. The vulnerability was discovered by Daniel Fröjdendahl on March 16, 2025, and was publicly disclosed on April 29, 2025. This security flaw affects Google Chrome's DevTools component and has been assigned a Medium severity rating by the Chromium security team (Chrome Release).

The vulnerability is characterized by insufficient data validation in the DevTools component of Google Chrome. It has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) (NVD).

When exploited, this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass discretionary access control through a crafted HTML page, but only if they can convince a user to engage in specific UI gestures. The impact affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a low level, as indicated by the CVSS metrics (NVD).

Google has addressed this vulnerability in Chrome version 136.0.7103.59. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk. The fix was included in the stable channel update for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms (Chrome Release).