Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.38

medium Nessus Plugin ID 328776

Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Firefox ESR installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 115.38. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2026-69 advisory.

- We are aware that exploit code for this is public however we are not aware of any attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. (CVE-2026-15719)

- Same-origin policy bypass in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16349)

- Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16351)

- Invalid pointer in the DOM: Bindings (WebIDL) component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16353)

- JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 115.38, and Firefox ESR 140.13. (CVE-2026-16355)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 115.38 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2026-69/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 328776

File Name: mozilla_firefox_115_38_esr.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/21/2026

Updated: 7/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

Percentile: 99.69

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15719

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox ESR

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15719, CVE-2026-16349, CVE-2026-16350, CVE-2026-16351, CVE-2026-16352, CVE-2026-16353, CVE-2026-16354, CVE-2026-16355, CVE-2026-16356, CVE-2026-16357, CVE-2026-16358, CVE-2026-16359, CVE-2026-16360, CVE-2026-16361