CVE-2016-5265

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 1.25%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-08-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

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CVE

CVE-2016-5265

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

5.5

EPSS

1.25%

Firefox

Original Filing — NVD Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same local directory.