Microsoft Edge’s Security Bypass Vulnerability Fixed

Microsoft released Edge browser upgrades last week that addressed two security flaws, one of which is a security bypass flaw that may be used to inject and execute arbitrary code in the context of any website. The flaw, dubbed CVE-2021-34506 (CVSS score: 5.4), is caused by a universal cross-site scripting (UXSS) bug that occurs while using Microsoft Translator to automatically translate web pages using the browser’s built-in feature.

Microsoft Edge is a cross-platform web browser that was created by the company. It was first released in 2015 for Windows 10 and Xbox One, followed by Android and iOS in 2017, macOS in 2019, and Linux in October 2020 as a preview. Edge was originally designed with Microsoft’s proprietary EdgeHTML and Chakra JavaScript engines, resulting in a version known as Microsoft Edge Legacy. 

On January 15, 2020, Microsoft announced the public release of the new Edge. Microsoft began rolling out the new version via Windows Update in June 2020 for Windows 7, 8.1, and Windows 10 versions released between 2003 and 2004. From March 9, 2021, Microsoft stopped issuing security fixes for Edge Legacy, and on April 13, 2021, Microsoft delivered a security upgrade that replaced Edge Legacy with Chromium-based Edge. 

Ignacio Laurence, Vansh Devgan, and Shivam Kumar Singh of CyberXplore Private Limited are credited with finding and reporting CVE-2021-34506. “Unlike the common XSS attacks, UXSS is a type of attack that exploits client-side vulnerabilities in the browser or browser extensions in order to generate an XSS condition, and execute malicious code,” CyberXplore researchers said. “When such vulnerabilities are found and exploited, the behavio

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