CVE-2016-5165

MEDIUM EXPLOITED

Google Chrome < 53.0.2785.89 - Cross-Site Scripting via DevTools Settings Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2016-5165 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

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.

References (12)

Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036729
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://crbug.com/618037
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00073.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3660
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-09
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1854.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://codereview.chromium.org/2177983004
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92717

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2021-08-17
CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
google/chrome < 52.0.2743.116
opensuse/leap 42.1
Published Sep 11, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026