CVE-2021-38497

medium

Description

Through use of reportValidity() and window.open(), a plain-text validation message could have been overlaid on another origin, leading to possible user confusion and spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-43/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-45/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-47/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1726621

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-11-03

Updated: 2021-11-04

Type: CWE-346

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: MEDIUM