Authentication Bypass Affecting mozilla package, versions [,88.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377309
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Jun 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-23996  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 88.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. By utilizing 3D CSS in conjunction with Javascript, content could have been rendered outside the webpage's viewport, resulting in a spoofing attack that could have been used for phishing or other attacks on a user. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 88.

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