chromium-browser: universal xss in blink
Published Sep 11, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.25%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blink, as used 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 vectors related to widget updates, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:53.0.2785.89-3.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1854
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:53.0.2785.89-3.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1854 |
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
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 | 1.25% (0.01246) | 68.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.26% (0.01257) | 65.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 68.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00298) | 70.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00298) | 68.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00298) | 65.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00309) | 65.23th | 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 (16)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5148 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372208 Issue Tracking
- https://codereview.chromium.org/2134113002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/621362 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_31.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5148
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5148
Change history (0)
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