CVE-2016-5165 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the Developer Tools subsystem of Google Chrome versions prior to 53.0.2785.89 on Windows/OS X and 53.0.2785.92 on Linux, also affecting OpenSUSE Chrome and Leap. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the settings parameter in a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite limited community discussion, it has received some media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 52.0.2743.116CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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