What is CVE-2022-24074?

CVE-2022-24074 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Naver Whale Browser, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-24074?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Naver Whale Browser

CVE-2022-24074

Whale Bridge, a default extension in Whale browser before 3.12.129.18, allowed to receive any SendMessage request from the content script itself that could lead to controlling Whale Bridge if the rendering process compromises.

Published 2022-03-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Naver Whale Browser — versions unspecified
Navercorp Whale

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

cve.naver.com/detail/cve-2022-24074 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24074?: CVE-2022-24074 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Naver Whale Browser, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-24074?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.