CVE-2015-7191 (GCVE-0-2015-7191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-05 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:43
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Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 on Android improperly restricts URL strings in intents, which allows attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via vectors involving an intent: URL and fallback navigation, aka "Universal XSS (UXSS)."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2015-11-03 00:00
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