CVE-2017-7762

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.

• CWE-20

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99047Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358248Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99047Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358248Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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