CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5393
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The "mozAddonManager" allows for the installation of extensions from the CDN for addons.mozilla.org, a publicly accessible site. This could allow malicious extensions to install additional extensions from the CDN in combination with an XSS attack on Mozilla AMO sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 51.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309282 Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309282 Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/ Vendor Advisory