CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7816
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
WebExtensions could use popups and panels in the extension UI to load an "about:" privileged URL, violating security checks that disallow this behavior. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (<= 55.0.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1380597 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1380597 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/ Vendor Advisory