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medium 6.5

CVE-2022-22757 json

Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers.

published 2022-12-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-27900

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Remote Agent, used in WebDriver, did not validate the Host or Origin headers. This could have allowed websites to connect back locally to the user's browser to control it. <br>*This bug only affected Firefox when WebDriver was enabled, which is not the default configuration.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 97
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 97.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 97.0+build2-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22757

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 97.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11837-1

  • firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +5 more 97.0-r0
  • librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 97.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-22757

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error

References

Sources

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