CVE-2022-22755 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

By using XSL Transforms, a malicious webserver could have served a user an XSL document that would continue to execute JavaScript (within the bounds of the same-origin policy) even after the tab was closed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Published: 2022-12-22

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 97

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-27898	By using XSL Transforms, a malicious webserver could have served a user an XSL document that would continue to execute JavaScript (within the bounds of the same-origin policy) even after the tab was closed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5284-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00763.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309630
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-04/

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T14:41:52.586Z

Reserved: 2022-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-22755

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T03:21:49.166Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:18.197

Modified: 2025-04-16T15:15:48.623

Link: CVE-2022-22755

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-672

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