CVE-2024-40618
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to...
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to improper sanitization when processing a built-in extension.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to improper sanitization when processing a built-in extension.
- Record
CVE-2024-40618- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-38544
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to improper sanitization when processing a built-in extension.
- Record
EUVD-2024-38544- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4v7h-33pf-w9h6
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to...
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to improper sanitization when processing a built-in extension.
- Record
GHSA-4v7h-33pf-w9h6- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Whale browser before 3.26.244.21 allows an attacker to execute malicious JavaScript due to improper sanitization when processing a built-in extension.
- Record
CVE-2024-40618- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-40618 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Naver Whale Browser, published July 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. No source names a fixed version.