XSS Vulnerability in Google Chrome: Execution of javascript: URLs via Drag and Drop

CVE-2016-5226 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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