Description
WebKit/Source/core/html/parser/HTMLPreloadScanner.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, does not consider referrer-policy information inside an HTML document during a preload request, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by a "Content-Security-Policy: referrer origin-when-cross-origin" header that overrides a "<META name='referrer' content='no-referrer'>" element.
Published: 2016-07-23
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3637-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6086 WebKit/Source/core/html/parser/HTMLPreloadScanner.cpp in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, does not consider referrer-policy information inside an HTML document during a preload request, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism via a crafted web site, as demonstrated by a "Content-Security-Policy: referrer origin-when-cross-origin" header that overrides a "<META name='referrer' content='no-referrer'>" element.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3041-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00754}

epss

{'score': 0.01177}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.523Z

Reserved: 2016-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5135

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-23T19:59:18.577

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5135

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-07-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5135 - Bugzilla

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