01 Record
CVE-2024-40618
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to improper sanitization when processing a built-in extension.
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: naver
CNA base score9.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
02 Description
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to improper sanitization when processing a built-in extension.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.6 (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:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. 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
- 2024-07-11 01:24Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-02 04:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-07-08
- Assigning CNA
- naver
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 022c101e8cc2404be593fb20cfbf0982ed6f37adc291763e54ff115c6e3e3138
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- cve.naver.comNAVER Security Advisoryhttps://cve.naver.com/detail/cve-2024-40618.html