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Vulnerability details: VCID-w8d1-er8w-aaaf
Vulnerability ID VCID-w8d1-er8w-aaaf
Aliases CVE-2022-40956
Summary When injecting an HTML base element, some requests would ignore the CSP's base-uri settings and accept the injected element's base instead. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1021 Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames
System Score Found at
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cvssv3.1 6.1 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1770094
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1770094
cvssv3 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40956
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40956
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
ssvc Track https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
ssvc Track https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
ssvc Track https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-40956.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-40956
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1770094
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-3266
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40956
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40957
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40958
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40959
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40960
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40962
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
2128795 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2128795
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2022-40956 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40956
GLSA-202209-18 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-18
GLSA-202209-27 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-27
mfsa2022-40 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40
mfsa2022-41 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41
mfsa2022-42 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42
RHSA-2022:6700 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6700
RHSA-2022:6701 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6701
RHSA-2022:6702 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6702
RHSA-2022:6703 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6703
RHSA-2022:6707 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6707
RHSA-2022:6708 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6708
RHSA-2022:6710 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6710
RHSA-2022:6711 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6711
RHSA-2022:6713 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6713
RHSA-2022:6715 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6715
RHSA-2022:6716 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6716
RHSA-2022:6717 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6717
USN-5649-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5649-1/
USN-5724-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/5724-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2022-40956.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1770094
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-15T16:10:59Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1770094
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40956
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40956
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-15T16:10:59Z/ Found at https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-15T16:10:59Z/ Found at https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-15T16:10:59Z/ Found at https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40041
EPSS Score 0.00091
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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