CVE-2021-30533
Insufficient policy enforcement in PopupBlocker in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted iframe.
02 Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in PopupBlocker in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.77 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted iframe.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-27. Federal remediation due 2022-07-18.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 16.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-06-07 19:25Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-10-21 23:25Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-04-13
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a05c2ba16e17997b63a8f23dccd244da8a98a9a6ff4a8ed3b8acb115602c6f23
05 Affected products
06 References
- chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_25.html
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/1145553
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202107-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-06
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-f94dadff78https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PAT6EOXVQFE6JFMFQF4IKAOUQSHMHL54/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-ca58c57bdfhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ETMZL6IHCTCTREEL434BQ4THQ7EOHJ43/
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-30533
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- chromium Fixed in 91.0.4472.77-1
- vivaldi Fixed in 4.0.2312.24-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- chromium Fixed in 93.0.4577.82-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- chromium Fixed in 93.0.4577.82-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- chromium Fixed in 93.0.4577.82-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 91.0.4472.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.