CVE-2022-38472
Mozilla: Address bar spoofing via XSLT error handling
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · August 23, 2022
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of an attacker abusing XSLT error handling to associate attacker-controlled content with another origin, which was displayed in the address bar. This issue could be used to fool the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-356 · Product UI does not Warn User of Unsafe Actions