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GHSA-VVJR-2R7M-CM7Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:08 – Updated: 2025-11-25 18:32

Details

A mechanism to spoof the addressbar through the user interaction on the addressbar and the "onblur" event. The event could be used by script to affect text display to make the loaded site appear to be different from the one actually loaded within the addressbar. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.1, Firefox ESR < 52.1, and Firefox < 53.

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2017-5451 (GCVE-0-2017-5451)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:04

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Addressbar spoofing with onblur event

Assigner

mozilla

References

URL

Tags

	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97940	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273537	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Mozilla

Thunderbird

Affected: unspecified , < 52.1 (custom)

	Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 52.1 (custom)
	Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 53 (custom)

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-VVJR-2R7M-CM7Q

CVE-2017-5451 (GCVE-0-2017-5451)

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