CVE-2017-7839 (GCVE-0-2017-7839)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:19
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Control characters before javascript: URLs defeats self-XSS prevention mechanism
Summary
Control characters prepended before "javascript:" URLs pasted in the addressbar can cause the leading characters to be ignored and the pasted JavaScript to be executed instead of being blocked. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripting (self-XSS) attacks where users are convinced to copy and paste text into the addressbar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 57.
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Sightings
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