CVE-2022-38472

An attacker could have abused XSLT error handling to associate attacker-controlled content with another origin which was displayed in the address bar. This could have been used to fool the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2, and Firefox < 104.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1769155	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-34/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-35/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-36/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-37/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1769155	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-34/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-35/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-36/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-37/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2022-12-22 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-15 17:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-38472

Mitre link : CVE-2022-38472

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-38472

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
thunderbird

CWE

CWE-346

Origin Validation Error

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