Information Exposure Affecting mozilla package, versions [,60.3.0)(60.3.0,63.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378724
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Feb 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-12397  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 60.3.0, 63.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. A WebExtension can request access to local files without the warning prompt stating that the extension will "Access your data for all websites" being displayed to the user. This allows extensions to run content scripts in local pages without permission warnings when a local file is opened. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.3 and Firefox < 63.

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