CORS Policy Bypass in Chrome <126.0.6478.54
CVE-2024-5840 Published on June 11, 2024
Policy bypass in CORS in Google Chrome prior to 126.0.6478.54 allowed a remote attacker to bypass discretionary access control via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-5840 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2024-5840 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-5840
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Affected Versions
Google Chrome:- Version 126.0.6478.54 and below 126.0.6478.54 is affected.
- Before 126.0.6478.54 is affected.
- Version 39 is affected.
- Version 40 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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