CVE-2015-7223
Status: ModifiedMedium (4)—
The WebExtension APIs in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 allow remote attackers to gain privileges, and possibly obtain sensitive information or conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, via a crafted web site.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.78%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
- Score date: 10/11/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- CWE-264
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-148.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226423
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-148.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226423
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
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