CVE-2015-7223 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 43.0, specifically within its WebExtension APIs. This flaw could allow remote attackers to gain elevated privileges, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks through a specially crafted website. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a medium severity. It is network-attackable with high access complexity, requiring no authentication, and could result in partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. While there is limited community discussion and media coverage, the vulnerability is not listed on the KEV catalog and is considered inactive on the Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 42.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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