CVE-2016-5165

chromium-browser: script injection in devtools

Published Sep 11, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the settings parameter in a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL's query string.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3660-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6116 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem in Google Chrome before 53.0.2785.89 on Windows and OS X and before 53.0.2785.92 on Linux allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the settings parameter in a chrome-devtools-frontend.appspot.com URL's query string.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3058-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00545}

epss

{'score': 0.00498}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Chrome
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 12:53 AM
Reserved
May 31, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 11, 2016, 10:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:48 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 31, 2016, 12:00 AM