What is CVE-2015-6176?

CVE-2015-6176 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-12-09.

Is CVE-2015-6176 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Microsoft Edge

CVE-2015-6176

Microsoft Edge mishandles HTML attributes in HTTP responses, which allows remote attackers to bypass a cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Edge XSS Filter Bypass Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.108 (95.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Edge
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6176?: CVE-2015-6176 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Edge, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2015-12-09.
Is CVE-2015-6176 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.