CVE-2022-44688
Published: 13 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-44688 is a medium-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Chromium. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 42.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) contains a spoofing vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-44688. The flaw received a CVSS 4.3 rating reflecting a network-accessible vector with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction, resulting in limited integrity impact without affecting confidentiality or availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can leverage the issue by serving crafted content that triggers spoofing behavior when a user interacts with Microsoft Edge. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to alter displayed information or interface elements in a way that misleads the victim, while the unchanged scope indicates the impact remains confined to the affected browser instance.
Microsoft Security Response Center advisories detail available updates and mitigation steps for the vulnerability, while Gentoo Linux GLSA entries 202305-10 and 202311-11 address related package updates for affected systems.
The associated EPSS score rose materially from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0553 on 2025-01-22 before receding to the current value of 0.0034, indicating that exploitation interest emerged well after the original 2022 disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-47622
Vulnerability details
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.