CVE-2022-34473

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The HTML Sanitizer should have sanitized the <code>href</code> attribute of SVG <code><use></code> tags; however it incorrectly did not sanitize <code>xlink:href</code> attributes. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 102

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1770888Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1770888Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-24/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 22, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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