{"id":"CVE-2016-7206","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7206","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:53:17.963Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2016-12-20T06:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:52:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["microsoft/edge"],"epss":{"score":0.11612,"percentile":0.96021,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.17894,"percentile":0.97109},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.11612,"percentile":0.95848}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.17894,"from":0.11612,"percentile":0.97109},"summary":"EPSS moved from 11.6% to 17.9% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94737","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037444","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94737","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037444","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-145","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7206","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}