CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5453
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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-20
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 53.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321247 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321247 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/ Vendor Advisory