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CVE-2017-5453

A mechanism to inject static HTML into the RSS reader preview page due to a failure to escape characters sent as URL parameters for a feed's "TITLE" element. This vulnerability allows for spoofing but no scripted content can be run. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

Published

2018-06-11T21:29:06.703

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:27:39.283

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 53.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321247 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321247 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)