Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 113.0.1774.35 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 175396

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Synopsis

The remote host has an web browser installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Microsoft Edge installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 113.0.1774.35. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the May 5, 2023 advisory.

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to bypass permission restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2459)

- Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass file access checks via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2460)

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to obfuscate main origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2462)

- Inappropriate implementation in Full Screen Mode in Google Chrome on Android prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to hide the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2463)

- Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an origin spoof in the security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2464)

- Inappropriate implementation in CORS in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium) (CVE-2023-2465)

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the security UI via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-2466)

- Inappropriate implementation in Prompts in Google Chrome on Android prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker to bypass permissions restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity:
Low) (CVE-2023-2467)

- Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture in Google Chrome prior to 113.0.5672.63 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to obfuscate the security UI via a crafted HTML page.
(Chromium security severity: Low) (CVE-2023-2468)

- Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2023-29350)

- Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2023-29354)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Microsoft Edge version 113.0.1774.35 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175396

File Name: microsoft_edge_chromium_113_0_1774_35.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/11/2023

Updated: 6/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2460

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:edge

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Edge (Chromium), SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2459, CVE-2023-2460, CVE-2023-2462, CVE-2023-2463, CVE-2023-2464, CVE-2023-2465, CVE-2023-2466, CVE-2023-2467, CVE-2023-2468, CVE-2023-29350, CVE-2023-29354

IAVA: 2023-A-0240-S

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