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01 Record

CVE-2021-38497

Through use of reportValidity() and window.open(), a plain-text validation message could have been overlaid on another origin, leading to possible user confusion and spoofing attacks. This

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Through use of reportValidity() and window.open(), a plain-text validation message could have been overlaid on another origin, leading to possible user confusion and spoofing attacks. This

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
0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 48.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.5 (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:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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
2021-11-03 00:03Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 01:44Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-08-10
Assigning CNA
mozilla
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-346Origin Validation ErrorClass
  • CWE-1021Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or FramesBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5dbd9d18c95332e385c592e9e00e8718a06b98e99a919c33eee3ecab4cd1c622

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MozillaFirefox< 93—
MozillaThunderbird< 91.2—
MozillaFirefox ESR< 91.2—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • firefox
    Fixed in 93.0-1
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 91.2.0-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • mozjs38
    No fix yet
  • mozjs52
    No fix yet
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 93.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs52
    No fix yet
  • mozjs68
    No fix yet
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • mozjs78
    No fix yet
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:91.3.0+build2-0ubuntu1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. 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.