Remote content spoofing via undisclosed WebView2 flaw
Published Mar 14, 2023 · Updated Feb 28, 2025
Spoofing in the WebView2 component of Microsoft Edge before 111.0.1661.41 allows remote attackers to present deceptive content. Microsoft has not published the faulty WebView2 code path or the operation that mishandles untrusted content. Exploitation requires user interaction and can disclose sensitive information or permit limited content manipulation across a security boundary.
Summary
What happened
Spoofing in the WebView2 component of Microsoft Edge before 111.0.1661.41 allows remote attackers to present deceptive content. Microsoft has not published the faulty WebView2 code path or the operation that mishandles untrusted content. Exploitation requires user interaction and can disclose sensitive information or permit limited content manipulation across a security boundary.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-24892
- Published
- Mar 14, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
- Classifications
- CWE-601, CWE-290
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 14, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <111.0.1661.41
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