CVE-2016-7206

Edge vulnerability

CVSS

6.1

EPSS

11.6%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Edge Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7280.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Edge

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2016-12-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 11.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-7206

Confirm whether Microsoft Edge is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-7206.
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