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CVE-2017-7762
When entered directly, Reader Mode did not strip the username and password section of URLs displayed in the addressbar. This can be used…
High7.5EPSS 1.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mozilla
Description
When entered directly, Reader Mode did not strip the username and password section of URLs displayed in the addressbar. This can be used for spoofing the domain of the current page. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Addressbar spoofing in Reader mode
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
References (6)
- RHSA-2018:2112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038689 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1358248 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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