CVE-2022-38473

Mozilla: Cross-origin XSLT Documents would have inherited the parent's permissions

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A cross-origin iframe referencing an XSLT document would inherit the parent domain's permissions (such as microphone or camera access). This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2, and Firefox < 104.

Un iframe de origen cruzado que haga referencia a un documento XSLT heredaría los permisos del dominio principal (como el acceso al micrófono o la cámara). 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 a cross-origin iframe referencing an XSLT document inheriting the parent domain's permissions (such as microphone or camera access).

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 8.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

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
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions
CWE-1021: Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames

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-2022-38473	2022-08-24
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2120674	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"				< 91.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 91.13"		-		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