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CVE-2016-5262

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5262 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to conduct XSS attacks by exploiting how JavaScript event-handler attributes of a MARQUEE element are processed within sandboxed IFRAMEs lacking the "allow-scripts" attribute. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 47.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
45.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
45.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
45.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
45.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 26,208 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:45.3.0-1.el7_2
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-5262Moderate

Mozilla: Scripts on marquee tag can execute in sandboxed iframes (MFSA 2016-76)

Aug 2, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions Required
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-15
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3640
mozilla.org / security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-76.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92258
securitytracker.com / id/1036508
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3044-1