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CVE-2023-4077

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-08-03 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Insufficient data validation in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 115.0.5790.170 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted Chrome Extension. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 115.0.5790.170 — fixed in 115.0.5790.170

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 115.0.5790.170. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1451146
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5467
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/1451146
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQKT7EGDD2P3L7S3NXEDDRCPK4NNZNWJ/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-07

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