What is CVE-2022-24072?

CVE-2022-24072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Naver Whale Browser, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-24072?

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

Privilege escalation in Naver Whale Browser

CVE-2022-24072

The devtools API in Whale browser before 3.12.129.18 allowed extension developers to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the extension store web page via devtools.inspectedWindow, leading to extensions downloading and uploading when users open the developer tool.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-03-17 · 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: 0.006 (45.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Naver Whale Browser — versions unspecified
Navercorp Whale

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve.naver.com/detail/cve-2022-24072 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24072?: CVE-2022-24072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Naver Whale Browser, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-24072?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.