CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7762
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
When entered directly, Reader Mode did not strip the username and password section of URLs displayed in the addressbar. This can be used for spoofing the domain of the current page. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54.
Affected configurations
• 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 workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• mozilla firefox (< 54.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99047 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358248 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99047 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358248 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory