CVE-2017-5458

medium

Description

When a "javascript:" URL is drag and dropped by a user into the addressbar, the URL will be processed and executed. This allows for users to be socially engineered to execute an XSS attack on themselves. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1229426

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2018-08-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium