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CVE-2015-4490

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-4490 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before version 40.0, specifically impacting how Content Security Policy (CSP) Level 2 exceptions for blob, data, and filesystem URL schemes are handled during wildcard matching. This flaw could allow remote attackers to bypass CSP protections and conduct XSS attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 39.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0295 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-4490Moderate

Mozilla: Mozilla Content Security Policy allows for asterisk wildcards in violation of CSP specification (MFSA 2015-91)

Aug 11, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-06
mozilla.org / security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-91.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1033247
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2702-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2702-2
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2702-3