CVE-2025-4052 is an inappropriate implementation vulnerability in Google Chrome's DevTools, affecting versions prior to 136.0.7103.59. This flaw allows a remote attacker to bypass discretionary access controls through a crafted HTML page, provided they can convince a user to perform specific UI gestures. The vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and no user interaction required for the core exploit. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 136.0.7103.59CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 136.0.7103.59, < 136.0.7103.59CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.