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CVE-2016-5226
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 55.0.2883.75 for Linux, Windows and Mac executed javascript: URLs entered in the URL bar in the context of the current tab, which allowed a socially engineered user to XSS themselves by dragging and dropping a javascript: URL into the URL bar.
Affected products
- Google Chrome: through 54.0.2840.99
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/639750
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2919.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94633
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2016/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/639750
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-11
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