CVE-2021-23959
An XSS bug in internal error pages could have led to various spoofing attacks, including other error pages and the address bar. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating
02 Description
An XSS bug in internal error pages could have led to various spoofing attacks, including other error pages and the address bar. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-02-26 02:06Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 19:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-13
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b374c67e0b8cd2a9939a77df8873ded2a2f82d14277ea2330c6e0399bdc2a400
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1659035
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- firefox Not affected
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.