Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting Firefox package, versions [,139)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-10301395
  • published4 Jun 2025
  • disclosed27 May 2025
  • creditSatoki Tsuji

Introduced: 27 May 2025

NewCVE-2025-5271  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-116  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 139 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output via the Devtools response preview feature. An attacker can inject malicious content by exploiting the lack of Content Security Policy (CSP) header enforcement in the preview functionality.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1