CVE-2016-1710 describes a Same Origin Policy bypass vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 52.0.2743.82. The flaw in the ChromeClientImpl::createWindow method allowed a crafted website to create windows from a deferred frame, thereby circumventing security restrictions. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 8.8), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability garnered significant media coverage and community discussion at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 51.0.2704.106CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.