CVE-2022-22761 (GCVE-0-2022-22761)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-16 14:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
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
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox |
Affected:
unspecified , < 97
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
Affected:
unspecified , < 91.6
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
Affected:
unspecified , < 91.6
(custom)
|
guessed |
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