Mozilla Firefox up to 98 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 98. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-28286. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 98 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Due to a layout change, iframe contents could have been rendered outside of its border. This could have led to user confusion or spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.8, Firefox < 99, and Firefox ESR < 91.8.

The weakness was disclosed 04/05/2022 by prada960808 as Bug 1735265 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

Due to a layout change, iframe contents could have been rendered outside of its border. This could have led to user confusion or spoofing attacks.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-28286. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/17/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208650 (CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:1302)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 99 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (208650) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-32738). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 208650
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : thunderbird (RHSA-2022:1302)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 99

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09/30/2022 +178 days 🔍
05/17/2026 +1325 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1735265
Researcher: prada960808
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-28286 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-28286
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209917
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2022 09:01
Updated: 05/17/2026 15:35
Changes: 09/30/2022 09:01 (16), 09/30/2022 09:05 (30), 10/26/2022 10:37 (1), 10/10/2024 02:34 (16), 04/16/2025 16:51 (12), 04/29/2025 13:20 (3), 05/17/2026 15:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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