What is CVE-2022-4188?

CVE-2022-4188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-4188?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2022-4188

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in CORS in Google Chrome on Android prior to 108.0.5359.71 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Published 2022-11-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.1% 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

Google Android
Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
crbug.com/1340879 (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-10 (vendor-advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4188?: CVE-2022-4188 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-4188?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.