CVE-2022-2861 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject arbitrary scripts into WebUI via a crafted HTML page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00466.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject Subscribe	Fedora Subscribe
Google Subscribe	Chrome Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5212-1	chromium security update
EUVD	EUVD-2022-35095	Inappropriate implementation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.101 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject arbitrary scripts into WebUI via a crafted HTML page.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_16.html
https://crbug.com/1346236
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4NMJURTG5RO3TGD7ZMIQ6Z4ZZ3SAVYE/

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2022-09-26T15:01:17.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T19:09:28.492Z

Reserved: 2022-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-2861

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T00:52:58.955Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-26T16:15:11.597

Modified: 2025-05-21T20:15:27.850

Link: CVE-2022-2861

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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