chromium-browser: universal XSS in extension bindings
Published Apr 18, 2016
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.21%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ModuleSystem::RequireForJsInner function in extensions/renderer/module_system.cc in the Extensions subsystem in Google Chrome before 50.0.2661.75 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
- 42.1
- 12.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:50.0.2661.75-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0638
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:50.0.2661.75-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0638 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.21% (0.01207) | 67.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.06% (0.01064) | 60.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00580) | 66.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00336) | 72.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00336) | 70.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00237) | 61.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00183) | 53.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/04/stable-channel-update_13.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00040.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00041.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00049.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00050.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0638.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3549 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1652 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1327109 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1748943002/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/590275 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1652
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1652
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