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Microsoft Edge (Chromium) < 136.0.3240.76 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236813

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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 136.0.3240.76. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the May 15, 2025 advisory.

 - Chromium/Google Chrome is vulnerable to insufficient policy enforcement in Loader. A proof-of-concept for this vulnerability was posted to X on May 5. (CVE-2025-4664)

 - Insufficient policy enforcement in Loader in Google Chrome prior to 136.0.7103.113 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) (CVE-2025-4664)

 - Chromium/Google Chrome is vulnerable to an incorrect handle provided in unspecified circumstances in Mojo.
 (CVE-2025-4609)

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 136.0.3240.76 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?faf639a7

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4609

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4664

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236813

File Name: microsoft_edge_chromium_136_0_3240_76.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 5/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4664

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:edge

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4609, CVE-2025-4664