CVE-2019-13705 Information disclosure in Chrome
An attacker can leak cross-origin data by tricking a user into installing a malicious Chrome extension due to insufficient policy enforcement.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-13705?
CVE-2019-13705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to leak cross-origin data via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13705?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13705?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2019-13705 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13705 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13705, GHSA-v376-h543-mfgr, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13705.