What is CVE-2022-0801?

CVE-2022-0801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-0801?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Google Chrome

CVE-2022-0801

Inappropriate implementation in HTML parser in Google Chrome prior to 99.0.4844.51 allowed a remote attacker to bypass XSS preventions via a crafted HTML page. (Chrome security severity: Medium)

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
crbug.com/1231037 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0801?: CVE-2022-0801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-0801?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.