CVE-2022-38472

Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via XSLT error handling

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un atacante podría haber abusado del manejo de errores XSLT para asociar contenido controlado por el atacante con otro origen que se mostraba en la barra de direcciones. Esto podría haberse utilizado para engañar al usuario para que envíe datos destinados al origen falsificado. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2 y Firefox < 104.

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of an attacker abusing XSLT error handling to associate attacker-controlled content with another origin, which was displayed in the address bar. This issue could be used to fool the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-08-19 CVE Reserved
2022-08-25 CVE Published
2024-07-14 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-346: Origin Validation Error
CWE-356: Product UI does not Warn User of Unsafe Actions

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-33	2023-01-03
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-34	2023-01-03
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-35	2023-01-03
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-36	2023-01-03
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-37	2023-01-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38472	2022-08-24
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2120673	2022-08-24

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 104.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 104.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				>= 102.0 < 102.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " >= 102.0 < 102.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 91.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 91.13"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				>= 102.0 < 102.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " >= 102.0 < 102.2"		-		Affected