CVE-2017-5453 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation10 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 52.0.1-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 53
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 53.0
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 53.0+build6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-88rc-c9h4-g333: 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" e↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regression↗2017-05-11
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2017-04-21
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OSV
CVE-2017-5453: 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" e↗2017-04-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2017-05-11
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2017-04-21
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Red Hat
Mozilla: HTML injection into RSS Reader feed preview page through TITLE element (MFSA 2017-11)↗2017-04-19
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Debian
CVE-2017-5453: firefox - A mechanism to inject static HTML into the RSS reader preview page due to a fail...↗2017
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5453 Mozilla: HTML injection into RSS Reader feed preview page through TITLE element (MFSA 2017-11)↗2017-04-19
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