XSS in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-5265
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same local directory.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.012 (66.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 45.1.0, 45.1.1, 45.2.0
- Oracle Linux — versions 5.0, 6, 7
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-5265?
- CVE-2016-5265 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-08-05.
- How severe is CVE-2016-5265?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.