CVE-2022-40956

When injecting an HTML base element, some requests would ignore the CSP's base-uri settings and accept the injected element's base instead. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.1 Medium

Status

Modified - security@mozilla.org

Published

2022-12-22

Last modified

2025-04-15

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Firefox (Mozilla)
• Firefox Esr (Mozilla)
• Thunderbird (Mozilla)

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1770094
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-40/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-41/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-42/