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medium 4.7

CVE-2016-9473 json

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 t…

published 2017-03-28 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10279

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • brave browser 1.2.18, 1.9.56

Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • cxsecurity.com https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2017010042 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • hackerone.com https://hackerone.com/reports/175958 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Brave Software Brave Browser iOS before 1.2.18 and Brave Browser Android 1.9.56 and earlier

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.