What is CVE-2016-9473?

CVE-2016-9473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brave Browser, classified under User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-9473?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

XSS in Brave Browser

CVE-2016-9473

Brave Browser iOS before 1.2.18 and Brave Browser Android 1.9.56 and earlier suffer from Full Address Bar Spoofing, allowing attackers to trick a victim by displaying a malicious page for legitimate domain names.

Published 2017-03-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Brave Browser
Brave Software Browser iOS Before 1.2.18 And Android 1.9.56 Earlier — versions Brave Software Brave Browser iOS before 1.2.18 and Brave Browser Android 1.9.56 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/brave/browser-ios/pull/504 (Broken Link)
cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017010042 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
hackerone.com/reports/175958 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97155 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9473?: CVE-2016-9473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brave Browser, classified under User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2017-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-9473?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.