Universal XSS in Firefox for Android

1) Universal cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU57877

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform universal cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of QR Code URLs. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit the website via a specially crafted QR code and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of any website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Firefox for Android: 90.1.0 - 94.1.0

External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to perform certain actions on the device.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.