Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting firefox package, versions <102.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE319-FIREFOX-6108066
  • published8 Dec 2023
  • disclosed22 Dec 2022

Introduced: 22 Dec 2022

CVE-2022-34473  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.19 firefox to version 102.0-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:3.19 relevant fixed versions and status.

The HTML Sanitizer should have sanitized the <code>href</code> attribute of SVG <code>&lt;use&gt;</code> tags; however it incorrectly did not sanitize <code>xlink:href</code> attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1