What is CVE-2018-6081?

CVE-2018-6081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-6081?

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

XSS in Google Chrome

CVE-2018-6081

XSS vulnerabilities in Interstitials in Google Chrome prior to 65.0.3325.146 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension or open Developer Console to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-11-14 · 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: 0.009 (57.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified
Debian Linux — versions 9.0
Red Hat Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
Red Hat Linux Server — versions 6.0
Red Hat Linux Workstation — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103297 (vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0484 (vendor-advisory)
crbug.com/797525
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6081?: CVE-2018-6081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-6081?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.