CVE-2017-5393

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The "mozAddonManager" allows for the installation of extensions from the CDN for addons.mozilla.org, a publicly accessible site. This could allow malicious extensions to install additional extensions from the CDN in combination with an XSS attack on Mozilla AMO sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 51.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: before 51.0 — fixed in 51.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 51.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309282
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95763
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309282
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/

Get alerted when CVE-2017-5393 or the next vulnerability affects your stack