CVE-2022-38473
Mozilla: Cross-origin XSLT Documents would have inherited the parent's permissions
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
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).
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, spoof the mouse pointer position, obtain sensitive information, spoof the contents of the addressbar, bypass security restrictions, or execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2022-08-19 CVE Reserved
- 2022-08-25 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 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)
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| 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
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| 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" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 91.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 91.13" | - |
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| 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" | - |
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