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CVE-2017-7788 (GCVE-0-2017-7788)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:12
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Summary
When an "iframe" has a "sandbox" attribute and its content is specified using "srcdoc", that content does not inherit the containing page's Content Security Policy (CSP) as it should unless the sandbox attribute included "allow-same-origin". This vulnerability affects Firefox < 55.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Sandboxed about:srcdoc iframes do not inherit CSP directives
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 55 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-08-08 00:00
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