CVE-2023-28286: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 6.1)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Remote Code Execution
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Less Likely
Patch Tuesday
2023-Mar
Released
2023-03-24
EPSS Score
0.17% (percentile: 38.7%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to some loss of integrity (I:L)? What does that mean for this vulnerability? The attacker is only able to modify the content of the vulnerable link to redirect the victim to a malicious site. According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have to click on a specially crafted URL to be compromised by the attacker. According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? The vulnerability is in the web server, but the malicious scripts execute in the victim’s browser on their machine. According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to some loss of confidentiality (C:L)? What does that mean for this vulnerability? Limited information from the victim's browser associated with the vulnerable URL can be sent to the attacker by the malicious code. What is the version information for this release? Microsoft Edge Channel Microsoft Edge Version Based on Chromium Version Date Released Stable 111.0.1661.54 111.0.5563.110/.111 3/23/2023 Extended Stable 110.0.1587.78 110.0.5481.208 3/23/2023

Affected Products (2)

Browser

  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Extended Stable

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/agamimaulana">Muhammad R. Maulana</a>

Revision History

  • 2023-03-24: Information published.