CVE-2016-7281: Microsoft Edge

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 13.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Web Workers implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11 and Microsoft Edge allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Browser Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Edge: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 10 only; version 11 only

Published 2016-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.