What is CVE-2022-1501?

CVE-2022-1501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-1501?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2022-1501

Inappropriate implementation in iframe in Google Chrome prior to 101.0.4951.41 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.

Published 2022-07-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_26.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
crbug.com/1293191 (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-25 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1501?: CVE-2022-1501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-1501?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.