CVE-2022-2619 Cross-site scripting in Chrome
An attacker can inject scripts into privileged pages via a malicious extension, potentially executing code or bypassing security controls in Google Chrome.
- 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-2022-2619?
CVE-2022-2619 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 Aug 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
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Settings in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.79 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-116
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2619?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2619?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-2619 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2619 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2619, GHSA-7jm8-q7ph-7v6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2619.