PT-2017-16511 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox+2

Jose María Acuña · Published 2017-04-19 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2017-5453

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 53

Description The issue is related to a mechanism that allows injecting static HTML into the RSS reader preview page. This is due to a failure to properly escape characters sent as URL parameters for a feed's TITLE element. The issue allows for spoofing, but it does not permit the execution of scripted content.

Recommendations For versions prior to 53, update to version 53 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1577

ALT-PU-2018-1854

CVE-2017-5453

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

USN-3260-1

USN-3260-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Ubuntu

References · 1913

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3260-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3260-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5435 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5468 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5456 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5454 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5462 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5453 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5453 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5442 · Vendor Advisory