CVE-2016-5191 describes a Universal Cross-Site Scripting (UXSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 54.0.2840.59 for desktop and 54.0.2840.85 for Android, stemming from insufficient data validation in bookmark handling. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary scripts or HTML through crafted web pages, specifically by exploiting an interpretation conflict in a malformed URL. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 53.0.2785.143CPE 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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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