Brave News feeds can open arbitrary chrome: URLs
High
Vulnerability Details
## Summary:
URL link in Brave News feeds can open arbitrary chrome: URLs.
This behavior can be exploited as a way to bypass SOP and gain access to privileged URLs.
## Products affected:
* 1.46.144 Chromium: 108.0.5359.128 (Official Build) (x86_64)
## Steps To Reproduce:
* Open new tab and click customize button
* Follow https://csrf.jp/brave/rss_chrome.php as a RSS feed of Brave News
* Reload the tab
* RSS feeed that name is "Access chrome: URLs" is shown on Brave News
* Click the feed
* `chrome://settings/resetProfileSettings?origin=userclick` is opened on the tab
## Supporting Material/References:
* See the demonstration movie I attached
## Impact
Bypass SOP and gain access to privileged URLs.
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- Report ID: 1819668
- State: Closed
- Substate: resolved
- Upvotes: 10