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CVE-2016-1652

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1652 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the Extensions subsystem of Google Chrome, specifically in the ModuleSystem::RequireForJsInner function. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted website, affecting Debian, Google, OpenSUSE, and SUSE products. It carries a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction, potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known Metasploit or ExploitDB modules; however, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness despite the lack of public exploit code.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 49.0.2623.112CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:50.0.2661.75-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1652Moderate

chromium-browser: universal XSS in extension bindings

Apr 13, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html
codereview.chromium.org / 1748943002
crbug.com / 590275
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-02
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3549