CVE-2015-4518

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 05 Nov 2015, 02:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
17/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.15% LOW
1% probability +0.58%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Nov 2015, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The Reader View implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 has an improper whitelist, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass the Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving SVG animations and the about:reader URL.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.15%• Percentile: 79%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-79•Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Firefox

    ≤ 41.0.2

References (8)