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CVE-2022-22761 (GCVE-0-2022-22761)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 14:33
VLAI
Summary
Web-accessible extension pages (pages with a moz-extension:// scheme) were not correctly enforcing the frame-ancestors directive when it was used in the Web Extension's Content Security Policy. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-16 14:33 UTC
CWE
  • frame-ancestors Content Security Policy directive was not enforced for framed extension pages
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 97 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 91.6 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 91.6 (custom)
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