Bug 1443336 (CVE-2017-5458) - CVE-2017-5458 Mozilla: Drag and drop of javascript: URLs can allow for self-XSS (MFSA 2017-11)
Summary: CVE-2017-5458 Mozilla: Drag and drop of javascript: URLs can allow for self-X...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-5458
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1437814
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Reported: 2017-04-19 06:24 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:17 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-04-20 06:22:24 UTC
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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2017-04-19 06:24:49 UTC 
When a <code>javascript:</code> URL is drag and dropped by a user into the addressbar, the URL will be processed and executed. This allows for users to be socially engineered to execute an XSS attack on themselves.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5458


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Daniel Veditz
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