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CVE-2021-29953 (GCVE-0-2021-29953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-24 13:17 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:18
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Summary
A malicious webpage could have forced a Firefox for Android user into executing attacker-controlled JavaScript in the context of another domain, resulting in a Universal Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected. Further details are being temporarily withheld to allow users an opportunity to update.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.0.1 and Firefox for Android < 88.1.3.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Universal Cross-Site Scripting
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 88.0.1 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox for Android Affected: unspecified , < 88.1.3 (custom)
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