CVE-2024-49041
Microsoft Edge Chromium ≤ 131.0.2903.86
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NSummary
CVE-2024-49041 is a medium-severity The UI Performs the Wrong Action (CWE-449) vulnerability in Microsoft Edge Chromium. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique User Execution (T1204); ranked in the top 38% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-8 (Security and Privacy Engineering Principles) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43912
Vulnerability Data
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Spoofing Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 1 hardening rule · 1 OS baseline
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Applying security engineering principles during design and implementation reduces the likelihood that UI logic will map user requests to incorrect operations.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require correct UI behavior matching user intent via design, requirements, and testing.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development and acceptance validates that UI actions match user intent and requirements.
Secure development lifecycle includes UI/UX requirements and testing that directly prevent the interface from executing the wrong action.
Application security requirements explicitly capture correct user-action mapping and expected behavior.
Secure coding practices enforce correct control-flow and input-to-action mapping in the UI layer.
Change management can catch UI defects before release but does not itself define correct action semantics.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Ubuntu 22.04 (1 rule)
- V-260539 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must disable the x86 Ctrl-Alt-Delete key sequence if a graphical user interface is installed. prevents CWE-449