Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting firefox package, versions <85.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE318-FIREFOX-5514052
  • published13 Feb 2021
  • disclosed26 Feb 2021

Introduced: 13 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-23959  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.18 firefox to version 85.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.

An XSS bug in internal error pages could have led to various spoofing attacks, including other error pages and the address bar. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1