Improper Access Control Affecting Firefox package, versions [,95)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-7578242
  • published4 Aug 2024
  • disclosed4 Aug 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Aug 2024

CVE-2021-43540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 95 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control by allowing ServiceWorkers installed by WebExtensions to retain access to another domain even after the ServiceWorker is uninstalled.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1