CVE-2016-5226

medium

Description

Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux, Windows and Mac executed javascript: URLs entered in the URL bar in the context of the current tab, which allowed a socially engineered user to XSS themselves by dragging and dropping a javascript: URL into the URL bar.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11

https://crbug.com/639750

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-19

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00163