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CVE-2016-5226

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5226 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 55.0.2883.75 across Linux, Windows, and Mac. This flaw allowed a user to self-XSS by dragging and dropping a javascript: URL into the URL bar, executing malicious JavaScript in the context of the current tab. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), it requires user interaction and social engineering, leading to potential low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, indicating a low exploitation status.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 54.0.2840.99CPE 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
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-0:55.0.2883.75-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5226Low

chromium-browser: limited xss in blink

Dec 1, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 639750
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-11
securityfocus.com / bid/94633