Through use of reportValidity() and window.open(), a plain-text validation message could have been overlaid on another origin, leading to possible user confusion and spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-24949 Through use of reportValidity() and window.open(), a plain-text validation message could have been overlaid on another origin, leading to possible user confusion and spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 93, Thunderbird < 91.2, and Firefox ESR < 91.2.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5107-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5132-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5248-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00181}

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{'score': 0.00253}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:44:22.835Z

Reserved: 2021-08-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-38497

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-03T01:15:07.427

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:17:14.877

Link: CVE-2021-38497

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-38497 - Bugzilla

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