CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-15682

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2020-10-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-10-22
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-346

Description

When a link to an external protocol was clicked, a prompt was presented that allowed the user to choose what application to open it in. An attacker could induce that prompt to be associated with an origin they didn't control, resulting in a spoofing attack. This was fixed by changing external protocol prompts to be tab-modal while also ensuring they could not be incorrectly associated with a different origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 82.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox (< 82.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-346 Origin Validation Error weakness

References