CVE-2016-5226: Google Chrome

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: up to and including 54.0.2840.99

Published 2017-01-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.