XSS in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2022-45411
Cross-Site Tracing occurs when a server will echo a request back via the Trace method, allowing an XSS attack to access to authorization headers and cookies inaccessible to JavaScript (such as cookies protected by HTTPOnly). To mitigate this attack, browsers placed limits on <code>fetch()</code> and XMLHttpRequest; however some webservers have implemented non-standard headers such as <code>X-Http-Method-Override</code> that override the HTTP method, and made this attack possible again. Thunderbird has applied the same mitigations to the use of this and similar headers. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.5, Thunderbird < 102.5, and Firefox < 107.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.006 (44.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox_esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-45411?
- CVE-2022-45411 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-12-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-45411?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.