Universal XSS (UXSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome's Developer Tools subsystem

Universal XSS (UXSS) vulnerability in Google Chrome's Developer Tools subsystem

CVE-2016-5164 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit/Source/platform/v8_inspector/V8Debugger.cpp 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 into the Developer Tools (aka DevTools) subsystem via a crafted web site, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

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