CVE-2016-7206

FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7206 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Microsoft Edge, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction and has a low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, with only one article from SecurityWeek mentioning it.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge::::::::

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

11.61%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

95.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1161 is in the 98th 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.