8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-5283
Mozilla Firefox Same Origin Policy Bypass
Description

Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted fragment identifier in the SRC attribute of an IFRAME element, leading to insufficient restrictions on link-color information after a document is resized.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 22, 2016, 10:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-5283 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-5283 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928187
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 30, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036852 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93052 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:48.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-85.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928187 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928187 Issue Tracking
    Added CWE CWE-284
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5283 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.10 }} -0.24%

score

0.24065

percentile

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