CVE-2022-38472
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CVE-2022-38472 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. An attacker could have abused XSLT error handling to associate attacker-controlled content with another origin which was displayed in the address bar. This could have been used to fool the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An attacker could have abused XSLT error handling to associate attacker-controlled content with another origin which was displayed in the address bar. This could have been used to fool the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2, and Firefox < 104.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 104.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | >= 102.0, < 102.2 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 91.13 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | >= 102.0, < 102.2 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1769155Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-34/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-35/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-36/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-37/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1769155Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-34/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-35/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-36/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-37/Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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