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7.5high

CVE-2017-7762

When entered directly, Reader Mode did not strip the username and password section of URLs displayed in the addressbar.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.9%
percentile 80%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.88% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:2112 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038689 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:2113 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1358248 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/99047 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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