RSS Reader Preview Page HTML Injection Vulnerability

CVE-2017-5453 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

A mechanism to inject static HTML into the RSS reader preview page due to a failure to escape characters sent as URL parameters for a feed's "TITLE" element. This vulnerability allows for spoofing but no scripted content can be run. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

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