Bug 1443343 (CVE-2017-5453) - CVE-2017-5453 Mozilla: HTML injection into RSS Reader feed preview page through TITLE element (MFSA 2017-11)
Summary: CVE-2017-5453 Mozilla: HTML injection into RSS Reader feed preview page throu...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-5453
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1437814
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Reported: 2017-04-19 06:27 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2021-02-25 22:27 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-04-20 06:24:00 UTC
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-04-19 06:27:43 UTC 
A mechanism to inject static HTML into the RSS reader preview page due to a failure to escape characters sent as URL parameters for a feed's <code>TITLE</code> element. This vulnerability allows for spoofing but no scripted content can be run.


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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5453


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Jose María Acuña
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