CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-5466

6.1 MEDIUM Published 2018-06-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
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

If a page is loaded from an original site through a hyperlink and contains a redirect to a "data:text/html" URL, triggering a reload will run the reloaded "data:text/html" page with its origin set incorrectly. This allows for a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Affected configurations

• redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.3 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.4 • redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0 • mozilla thunderbird (< 52.1.0) • mozilla firefox (< 53.0) • mozilla firefox (< 52.1.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References