CVE-2022-24072 Code injection in NAVER Whale browser

What is CVE-2022-24072?

CVE-2022-24072 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in NAVER Whale browser, published on 17 Mar 2022. 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

The devtools API in Whale browser before 3.12.129.18 allowed extension developers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the extension store web page via devtools.inspectedWindow, leading to extensions downloading and uploading when users open the developer tool.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24072?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Navercorp Whale.

How do I fix CVE-2022-24072?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-24072 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2022-24072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in NAVER Whale browser

• CVE-2025-62583 Security feature bypass in NAVER Whale browser Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-53599 Cross-site scripting in NAVER Whale browser Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24074 Missing authorization in NAVER Whale browser Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-69234 Security feature bypass in NAVER Whale browser Critical 9.1
• CVE-2018-9859 Privilege escalation in n/a High 8.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-j72f-vfwh-m8f9.