Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2015-103
URL spoofing in reader mode
- Announced
- September 22, 2015
- Reporter
- Juho Nurminen
- Impact
- Low
- Products
- Firefox, SeaMonkey
- Fixed in
-
- Firefox 41
- SeaMonkey 2.38
Description
Security researcher Juho Nurminen reported a mechanism to spoof the URL displayed in the addressbar in reader mode by manipulating the loaded URL. This flaw allows for the URL displayed to be different than that the web content rendered. This allows for potential spoofing but the effects are mitigated due to the restrictions reader mode places when rendering content.