What is CVE-2019-13705?

CVE-2019-13705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-13705?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Google Chrome

CVE-2019-13705

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to leak cross-origin data via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.006 (44.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified
Opensuse Backports — versions sle-15

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13705?: CVE-2019-13705 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2019-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-13705?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.