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CVE-2020-6516

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-6516 describes a policy bypass vulnerability in the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) mechanism of Google Chrome versions prior to 84.0.4147.89, also affecting Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by crafting a malicious HTML page to leak cross-origin data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. Its EPSS score of 0.03167 suggests a relatively low probability of exploitation. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite this, the vulnerability has garnered some community attention and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 84.0.4147.89CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0476 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:84.0.4147.105-2.el6_10
View patch
googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-6516Important

chromium-browser: Policy bypass in CORS

Jul 14, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00069.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00018.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00041.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2020/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
crbug.com / 1092449
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MTRPPTKZ2RKVH2XGQCWNFZ7FOGQ5LLCA
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MYIDWCHG24ZTFD4P42D4A4WWPPA74BCG
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202007-08
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4824
Third Party Advisory