Missing URI encoding of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform a Dangling…

published 2019-02-19 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-15356

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing URI encoding of untrusted input in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform a Dangling Markup Injection attack via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 3

Google Chrome 72.0.3626.81

debian ubuntu arch linux

chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 72.0.3626.81-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5783

chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 72.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 72.0.3626.119-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5783

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chromium Arch Linux 72.0.3626.81-1

arch linux advisories AVG-861

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-5783 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 4.3

chromium-browser: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in DevTools

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-5783
NVD CVE-2019-5783

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Summary