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CVE-2016-9473

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9473 describes a full address bar spoofing vulnerability in Brave Browser for iOS (before 1.2.18) and Android (1.9.56 and earlier), allowing attackers to display malicious content while showing a legitimate domain name. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with a low impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:brave:browser:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*
< 1.9.56CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:brave:browser:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 26,208 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cxsecurity.com / issue/WLB-2017010042
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / brave/browser-ios/pull/504
Broken Link
hackerone.com / reports/175958
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97155
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry