High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-7762

Description

When entered directly, Reader Mode did not strip the username and password section of URLs displayed in the addressbar. This can be used for spoofing the domain of the current page. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54.

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Affected products

Mozilla Corporation/Firefoxv5
Range: unspecified

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References

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99047nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2112nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2113nvdThird Party Advisory
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/nvdVendor Advisory

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