CVE-2023-38187
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-38187- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-42009
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-42009- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g6mv-h495-5qqc
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-g6mv-h495-5qqc- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-38187- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-38187 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Microsoft Edge (chromium-based), published July 21, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.