CVE-2017-7839
Control characters prepended before "javascript:" URLs pasted in the addressbar can cause the leading characters to be ignored and the pasted JavaScript to be executed instead of being blocked.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Control characters prepended before "javascript:" URLs pasted in the addressbar can cause the leading characters to be ignored and the pasted JavaScript to be executed instead of being blocked. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripting (self-XSS) attacks where users are convinced to copy and paste text into the addressbar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.14% probability · 65th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402896Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402896Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.