What is CVE-2016-4783?

CVE-2016-4783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2016-4783?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Google Android

CVE-2016-4783

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lenovo SHAREit before 3.5.98_ww on Android before 4.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-05-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.3.1
Lenovo Shareit — versions 3.5.98_ww

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6421 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4783?: CVE-2016-4783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2016-4783?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.