CVE-2021-4140

It was possible to construct specific XSLT markup that would be able to bypass an iframe sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 91.5, Firefox < 96, and Thunderbird < 91.5.

CVSS v3.0 10.0 CRITICAL

10.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-02/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-01/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1746720	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-03/	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

Information

Published : 2022-12-22 12:15

Updated : 2023-01-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2021-4140

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4140

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-91

XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr
thunderbird

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