CVE-2017-5417

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% 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-20

Description

When dragging content from the primary browser pane to the addressbar on a malicious site, it is possible to change the addressbar so that the displayed location following navigation does not match the URL of the newly loaded page. This allows for spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 52.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: before 52.0 — fixed in 52.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 52.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791597
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96692
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=791597
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/

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