The WebRequest API implementation in extensions/browser/api/web_request/web_request_api.cc in Google Chrome before 45.0.2454.85 does not properly consider a request's source before accepting the request, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted (1) app or (2) extension.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00955}

epss

{'score': 0.00872}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2015-09-03T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:40:18.277Z

Reserved: 2015-01-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1297

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-09-03T22:59:07.923

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-1297

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1297 - Bugzilla