CVE-2022-22757 — Origin Validation Error in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-346 — Origin Validation ErrorCWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers. This could have allowed websites to connect back locally to the user's browser to control it. *This bug only affected Firefox when WebDriver was enabled, which is not the default configuration.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 97.0-1 (sid)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 97
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 97.0
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+2
▶mozillamozilla/firefox

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fc8f-jhcw-p24v: Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers↗2022-12-22
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2022-02-14
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OSV
CVE-2022-22757: Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers↗2022-02-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2022-02-14
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Debian
CVE-2022-22757: firefox - Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers. Th...↗2022
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-04: CVE-2022-22757↗
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