Researcher reveals ‘catastrophic’ #security flaw in the Arc browser
(CVE-2024-45489)
The Arc Browser is a fork of #chromium with a lot of built-in features and integrations... and requires an account to use.
Arc Browser uses Firebase to store user information for features like Arc Boosts. Arc Boosts can contain arbitrary javascript... with knowing the CreatorID, an attacker could inject code into other users' browsing sessions.
Crazy to me because this implementation appeared to rely solely on user-provided identities (the CreatorID) without implementing any checks.
This has been patched in the newest version of the Arc browser.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/20/24249919/arc-browser-boost-firebase-vulnerability-patched