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Arch Linux: Content spoofing (CVE-2017-5453)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

A security issue has been found in Firefox < 53, allowing 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.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest
Title
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