Access Restriction Bypass Affecting Firefox package, versions [,117)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-5891139
  • published11 Sept 2023
  • disclosed11 Sept 2023
  • creditMalte Jürgens

Introduced: 11 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-4579  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 117 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass when the default search engine is used. An attacker can spoof a site's address by manipulating the search query to form a well-formed URL. This is only exploitable if the maliciously set URL points to the default search engine.

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