Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,102.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-3244423
  • published22 Jan 2023
  • disclosed17 Jan 2023
  • creditDave Vandyke

Introduced: 17 Jan 2023

CVE-2023-23602  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1385  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 102.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Origin Validation in WebSockets due to a mishandled security check when creating a WebSocket in a WebWorker caused the Content Security Policy connect-src header to be ignored. This could lead to connections to restricted origins from inside WebWorkers.

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